The March 2021 helicopter crash in Alaska that killed billionaire Petr Kellner and four others was likely caused by pilot error and inadequate training, a report by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Wednesday.
Kellner, who was at the time the Czech Republic's richest man and founder of investment group PPF,in the crash on a heli-skiing trip in Alaska. The crash took place near Knik Glacier northeast of Anchorage.
The operator's inadequate pilot training program and pilot competency checks also contributed to the accident, the NTSB report added. Kellner was a towering figure in the Czech Republic's post-communist era, amassing wealth estimated at the time of his death at $17.5 billion according to Forbes.
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