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McKINNEY v. AIR VENTURE CORP.

No. 18015.

578 S.W.2d 849 (1979)

Thurman McKINNEY, Appellant, v. AIR VENTURE CORPORATION, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied March 29, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brown, Herman, Scott, Dean & Miles and J. Shelby Sharpe, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Jackson, Walker, Winstead, Cantwell & Miller and Robert F. Ruckman and H. Dudley Chambers, Dallas, for appellee.

OPINION

HUGHES, Justice.

This appeal is from a wrongful death action involving the crash of a private plane on or about June 8, 1974. All six persons on board, including plaintiff's wife, were killed when the 1973 Piper Aztec crashed six miles northeast of Cresson, Texas while returning to Meacham Field in Fort Worth from a business trip to Lubbock. It is undisputed that the crash occurred when the plane encountered turbulence caused by a wind shear, (the...

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