Category Archives: Aviation Accidents
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed In Everglades Plane Crash
The fatal Everglades plane crash that claimed the lives of four victims has generated its first lawsuit. The mother of a twenty-two-year-old killed in the incident has filed the first lawsuit against the Dean International Flight School, which the man was attending for instructional purposes. The crash was caused by a mid-air collision between… Read More »
Miami-Bound Plane Fire Causes Injuries
Several passengers suffered minor injuries, some requiring hospital treatment, when they were evacuated from a plane scheduled to leave Chicago for Miami one recent Friday afternoon. The incident arose when an engine in the plane’s wing caught fire after blowing a tire on the runway. The takeoff was aborted and everyone on the aircraft… Read More »
Commercial Airline Accidents
Commercial airlines provide one of the safest and fastest ways to travel. In fact, the latest global airline safety report reported that there were a total of 90 commercial airlines accidents in 2013; and only nine of the 90 accidents were fatal. Additionally, a complex set of federal and state laws regulate airlines to… Read More »
Aviation Accidents in Florida
2014 was not the best year for the airline industry, it seems. Despite the seemingly large number commercial airline failures last year, 2014 earned the title of safest year for flying. Air fatalities raised a bit overall, but more than half of the deaths were attributed to two commercial airline crashes. Regardless of the… Read More »