The newspaper Helsingin Sanomat reports that Copterline is demanding damages in an American court of at least 60 million US dollars, or nearly 46 million euros, for negligence.
Twelve passengers and two crew members were killed in August 2004 when a helicopter en route from the Estonian capital Tallinn to Helsinki crashed into the Gulf of Finland soon after takeoff.
Copterline believes that the accident was caused by a technical fault which rendered the helicopter impossible to steer.