Sole Survivor Settles Lawsuit In Grand Canyon Helicopter Crash Of 2001

LAS VEGAS - The sole survivor of a Grand Canyon sightseeing air crash that killed six people in 2001 has settled a lawsuit involving the tour company, pilot and helicopter manufacturer.

A lawyer for Ch. Daskal, 29, of Brooklyn, N.Y., said that a confidential financial agreement had been reached in the civil lawsuit stemming from the crash.

Daskal has been slowly rehabilitating from near-fatal injuries she received in the crash Aug. 10, 2001. The mother of two suffered a broken back, burns over 80 percent of her body, and had both legs amputated after the helicopter crashed into a cliff during a sightseeing tour to the Grand Canyon.

The National Transportation Safety Board blamed pilot error in a report last year.