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Plane Crash Legal helpIf you or a loved one has been involved in an airplane crash, you may qualify for damages or remedies that may be awarded in a possible airplane crash class action lawsuit. Please click the link below to submit your complaint to a lawyer who will review your claim at no charge or obligation.Posted on Jan-22-05 Updated on May-21-08 |
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A British Airways jet with 152 people onboard crash landed at London's Heathrow Airport, injuring a reported four-to-eight passengers. The plane crash landed short of the runway. Photographs show incredible damage with the plane's underbelly torn away and wings damaged. Emergency chutes deployed and all passengers and crew escaped. Amazingly, no one was killed in the plane crash. [
Todd Curtis at www.airsafe.com was a flight test engineer in the US Air Force 20 years ago and a flight test engineer at Edwards Air Force Base for two years. Besides the fact that more people than ever before are flying, he cites a few more reasons for an increase in plane crashes. [
Although statistics claim that it is fout times safer to fly in a plane than to drive a car, when an airplane does crash, the consequences are usually horrific. Plane crashes can be attributed to mechanical failure, defective parts, design flaws, pilot error, weather influence, air traffic controller error, bird strike, onboard fire, lack of fuel, terrorism, sabotage and other causes. No matter what the cause, the consequences can be catastrophic.
Before the jury selection had began in a lawsuit involving a September 2001 plane crash, settlements involving two of the defendants were made public. The first was between the defendants and Aero Aviation, which is a manufacturer of airplane parts. The settlement amount was for $100,000. The second was with Duffy's Aircraft Sales and Leasing.
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In November over the state of Missouri, an Air Force pilot was flying his F-15C fighter in a routine training mission when it broke apart, causing him to become injured. Now the pilot is suing Boeing, the maker of the fighter jet, for the accident, according to his lawyer. [
News reports suggest some form of turbulence caused the Air Canada emergency landing last week, on what was supposed to be a routine flight from Victoria to Toronto with some 83 passengers on board. Ten people were injured when the plane first rolled its wings from side to side, and then dropped dramatically. The Air Canada Airbus then made an emergency landing in Calgary where the injured were taken to hospital. [
In what could have been an absolute disaster in another plane crash, two planes narrowly escaped a collision at 25,000 feet above Indiana on Tuesday. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, which has conducted a preliminary investigation, the near miss was caused by an air traffic controller's error. [
Airplanes are one of the safest ways to travel. However, when something goes wrong with an airplane, the consequences are often tragic and losses may result in higher costs than insurance can cover. Those who are injured in a plane crash, or who have had a loved one die in a plane crash, can turn to the courts to recover their costs. [
Losing a loved one or being seriously injured in a plane crash is a very traumatic experience. In the blink of an eye, a person's life can change forever. If the plane crash was caused by a person or organization's actions, it is reasonable to file a [lawsuit] against the responsible party. [
Regardless of the statistical risk, a plane crash is a catastrophic event and you sure don't want to go through one. Injuries are pretty much a given, and the chance you may not survive is a substantial risk. Your loss will have a huge impact on your spouse or partner, your children, your family. And their future. [
APR-06-08: A wrongful death suit has been filed in Iowa by two Michigan City attorneys on behalf of a man killed in a 2006 plane crash near Mill Creek. Attorney Donald Pagos filed the lawsuit on behalf of the family of 23-year-old Joshua Trainor for damages that have not yet been specified. Both Pagos and attorney Scott Pejic are being assisted by Waterloo, Iowa attorney Eric Johnson. [
MAR-10-08: On February 6, 2007, the father of a flight nurse killed in a crash filed suit against the company that runs the flight service operating the plane. Benefis' Mercy Flight service is being blame for the plane crash that killed the man's daughter, Darcy Dengel, and two other crew members near Belgrade. [
DEC-28-07: A settlement has been announced in a lawsuit filed by two student passengers against their flight instructor after a 2004 plane crash. The plaintiffs alleged the pilot knowingly flew in icy conditions. The plane crashed after the pilot tried to land to remove ice on the plane. [
OCT-08-07: Lawsuits have been filed against a number of people and organizations, including the FAA, individual pilots and co-pilots, plane manufacturers and air traffic controllers, alleging that their errors resulted in death or injury to airplane passengers. [© 2001-2008 Online Legal Marketing Ltd. All rights reserved.
