Andy Lau: Loses Taiwan chopper appeal

Andy Lau: Loses Taiwan chopper appeal

Andy Lau, Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actor since 1990, has lost an appeal against an airline of Taiwan. Court ordered him to pay 6.69 million Taiwan dollars for damaging its helicopter during a film stunt.

A court spokesman said that maintaining an earlier ruling against the actor and singer, Taiwan's High Court has increased the amount of compensation from 5.1 million Taiwan dollars as it used a different method to calculate the chopper's value.

According to court, the actor was found liable for brushing against the pitch stick of the helicopter, loaned by Daily Air, before jumping out during the shooting of action flick "The Island of Greed" in Taiwan in 1997.

The move unsteadied the aircraft, which was in the air at the time, causing its rotor blade to hit lighting equipment.

Daily Air filed a suit against Lau in 1998, but a Taipei district court only handed down the verdict last year.