Question: Fact Pattern 2 - 1 Yoshi, a Japanese citizen working in Atlanta for his Tokyo firm, decided to rent an airplane and fly himself to

Fact Pattern 2-1
Yoshi, a Japanese citizen working in Atlanta for his Tokyo firm, decided to rent an airplane and fly himself to the Annual Catfish and Zydeco festival in Thibodaux, Louisiana. He rented a small plane to fly there. Over Alabama, thunderstorms formed. Because Yoshi was not trained to fly by instruments, he decided to land at the next airport.
As he searched for a runway, Yoshi heard a loud clank followed by silence as the engine died. He tried to land in a field but crashed. While recovering in a rehabilitation center in California, Yoshi filed suit there against the Atlanta Airport and the owners of the airplane, alleging that they were negligent in their maintenance.
Refer to Fact Pattern 2-1. The Atlanta airport is a corporation. California has a long-arm statute. How might Yoshi use the statute to exercise jurisdiction over the airport?
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if the airport is incorporated in Georgia, Yoshi may use the California statute to gain jurisdiction
if the airport has its headquarters in Georgia, Yoshi may use the California statute to gain jurisdiction
if the airport does all of its business in Georgia, Yoshi may use the California statute to gain jurisdiction
if the airport does business in, or has minimum contacts with California, Yoshi may use the California statute to gain jurisdiction
Yoshi may not take advantage of the California statute because the accident occurred in Alabama

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