ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Jurors in Anchorage began hearing testimony this week in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Petr Kellner, a Czech billionaire who was among five people killed in a March 2021 heli-skiing helicopter crash near the Knik Glacier.
Kellner, 56, was the richest man from the Czech Republic at the time of his death with a net worth of $17.5 billion.
He was one of three international clients aboard an Airbus AS350-B3 helicopter operated by Wasilla-based Soloy Helicopters LLC during a snowboarding trip booked through Tordrillo Mountain Lodge, according to federal investigators.
Also killed were pilot Zachary Russell, 33, of Anchorage; guide Sean McManamy, 38, of Girdwood; guide Gregory Harms, 52, of Colorado; and client Benjamin Larochaix, 50, of the Czech Republic…