Google co-founder Sergey Brin sued by the widow of a pilot

I wonder if there are actually any requirements to recover, or aid in the recovery of downed planes.

The article also says that Google is listed as a co-defendant.

Presumably he has insurance that will cover it.

Brin’s representatives told the pilot’s widow that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was blocking recovery efforts

This is bad, if true. Bad behavior is to be expected from a private billionaire citizen, but how can a gov agency block recovery work?

"Brin's representatives".

The literal next sentence says:

> NOAA allegedly later denied that it had done so.

The gov agency _should_ be blocking the owners attempt to 'recover' anything from the crash site. The owner has a duty to secure the wreckage, but not allow to be disturbed, until law enforcement arrives. If the owner was allowed to recover any wreckage, evidence for legal action like this wouldn't exist.