Reply #43: If he had died, that error would have made someone liable

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Given that it was accidental, no criminal liability would have kicked in, but his heirs could have sued whoever made the chute and put it in the plane liable. Given he either died on the Jump (and no one ever found his body so his relatives could not file a lawsuit for all their know he skipped to Cuba instead of Hi-Jacking this plane for money) OR he survived (No harm no liability). Either way the FBI is safe from a lawsuit (Unless they find his body and ID him and his family finds out WHY he has been missing these 35 years was a defective back up chute then the FBI can be liable for providing him a bad Chute).