July 9, 2012
Air Charter Firm in Mayo Crash Files for Chapter 7
The business was losing money, but SK Logistics Inc. president and founder E. Hoke Smith found purpose helping transplant patients until a December 2011 helicopter crash killed him and two Mayo Clinic employees trying to save a heart patient. Jacksonville Business Journal by Sarah Mueller
Tags: E. Hoke Smith, SK Logistics
January 25, 2012
Lawsuit filed in Florida helicopter crash that killed heart transplant team
A helicopter that crashed during a flight to pick up a heart for transplant, killing all three people on board, should never have taken off because weather conditions and visibility were too poor, according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a victim. The Dec. 26 crash in northeast Florida killed Dr. […]
Tags: David Hines, Dr. Luis Bonilla, E. Hoke Smith, helicopter crash, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville