WASHINGTON, March 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force said it will modify the emergency oxygen handle in all F-22 Raptor fighter jets, after finding it played a role in the death of a star pilot.
The decision comes as the widow of Capt. Jeff Haney, who died when his F-22 crashed in the wilderness of Alaska in November 2010, filed a wrongful death suit. In her suit, Anna Haney asserts the F-22 is "unreasonably defective," saying the placement of the emergency oxygen handle was responsible for her husband's death.