Legal Opinion
Tiffany v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 30, 1991No. Nos. 90-3014, 90-3022PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
Henry Tiffany and six passengers were killed following a midair collision between their Beech Baron airplane and a United States F-4C fighter jet. Tiffany had failed to activate a flight plan and thus had entered an air defense zone off the eastern coast of the United States as an unidentified and potentially hostile aircraft. Military authorities had dispatched two fighter jets to identify visually the unknown plane. The collision occurred in poor weather conditions seconds after one of the jets instituted a sharp left bank to avoid Tiffany’s Baron. Tiffany’s widow…
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