Google co-founder sued by widow after deadly plane crash off Half Moon Bay
Sergey Brin poses for a picture on the red carpet for the 6th annual 2018 Breakthrough Prizes at Moffett Federal Airfield, Hangar One in Mountain View, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)(Digital First Media Group/Bay
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. - Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, is being sued after a deadly plane crash off the coast of Half Moon Bay.
The pilot, Lance MacLean, was flying from Santa Rosa to Fiji last May in a plane that Brin owns.
The plane went down off the San Mateo County coast, killing MacLean and his co-pilot.
MacLean's widow is filing a wrongful death suit in Santa Clara County Superior Court, naming Brin and Google, because the company was part owner of the plane, which was first reported by Bloomberg.
Investigators suspect a problem with the plane's fuel tanks caused the plane to crash.
Bloomberg reports that Brin and representatives for Google didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.