Friday, April 23rd, 2010
UPS Chartered Plane Crashes – 3 Killed
The Philippines is the site of a UPS chartered cargo plane crash on Wednesday which killed three employees. The plane carried three crew members and three off-duty airline employees.
The public relations manager for Louisville-base UPS Airlines announced the Russian-made Antonov-12 aircraft was owned by Interisland Airlines. The plane was flying an inter-Philippines route when a fire broke out and the plane crashed before it could make an emergency landing.
UPS Airlines is a division of Atlanta-based UPS and charters planes around the world where it does not hold operating rights or where its aircraft are too large to service certain airports.
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UPS Charter Plane Crash
Posted by Your Attorney 2:35 pm
Friday, April 9th, 2010
Plane Crash Which Killed DJ AM Caused By Under Inflated Tires
The National Transportation Board has concluded the 2008 plane crash which killed four people and left Travis Barker and the late DJ AM injured was caused by under inflated tires.
All four tires exploded as the plane raced down the runway for takeoff. The pilot (with only 35 hours in this plane) then tried to abort takeoff, but due to sensors in the plane, that was impossible and the plane burst into flames after hitting an embankment.
Tires should be changed after eight days if proper maintenance has not been carried out. This Learjet’s tires had not been checked for three weeks prior to the tragic flight. The investigation found operators of charter flights aren’t aware of how quickly tires can lose pressure and that the FAA and Learjet Inc. didn’t take aggressive enough action to fix a design flaw on this model of jet following a similar accident in 2001.
Proper maintenance is crucial to flight safety – no item is too small when dealing with people’s lives. NTSB Chairwoman, Deborah Hersman, stated, “This accident didn’t need to happen.”
The families of Travis Barker and Charles Still have settled with several companies over the accident and AM’s estate settled a $20 million lawsuit in January.
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DJ AM’s Plane Crash
Posted by Your Attorney 6:29 pm
Monday, April 5th, 2010
NTSB Begins Investigation of Fatal Plane Crash
The investigation begins into the April 1 fatal plane crash at Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport that killed a 50 year-old father and his 21-year-old daughter.
According to the NTSB, a preliminary report will be released in about 10 days, but complete report will take a year or more.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported on April 2, the daughter was a student at the University of Dayton and a member of their women’s volleyball team. The Beechcraft Bonanza crashed as it tried to return to the runway after the pilot reported a cargo door was open.
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Father, Daughter Plane Crash
Posted by Your Attorney 9:24 pm
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
Legislation Will Make Regional Flying Safer
The father of a victim of Continental Flight 3407 which crashed near Buffalo, N.Y. in February 2009, lauds legislation recently passed in Washington.
His 30-year-old daughter was a victim of the crash which killed 49 on board and one person on the ground and he has been instrumental in getting changes in the federal aviation regulations. The investigation of the crash uncovered the pilots were too inexperienced, especially in dealing with icing situations that was a factor in the crash.
Now all that’s left is for the Senate and the House to compromise on their versions of the bill. The House wants 1,500 hours of training for the pilots and co-pilots for regional airlines and the Senate is asking for only 800 hours. The required hours at this time is only 250.
The changes will take three years to become effective.
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Continental Airlines Crash
Posted by Your Attorney 4:28 pm
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
Plane Crashes On Beach – Kills Jogger
The pilot of a small plane was in trouble and tried to make it to the airport. Then his propeller fell off and made the single engine plane more like a glider as it fell noiselessly from the sky.
Robert Jones, 38 and a father of two, was running on the beach listening to his IPod when the plane struck him from behind, killing him.
The two people inside the 370mph four-seat Experimental Lancair IVP were not injured. This plane can be built from a kit.
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Plane Crash Kills Jogger
Posted by Your Attorney 3:11 pm
Friday, February 19th, 2010
Fewer Aircraft Crashes, But More Deaths In 2009
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) study reports 2009 had the second lowest rate of aircraft accidents on record with 2006 having the lowest.
Although there were 18 fatal crashes in 2009 compared with 23 in 2008, there were 685 people killed as compared to 502 in 2008. In 2009, 2.6 billion people arrived safely at their destinations and plane crashes are down 36 percent since 2000.
Iata’s study included only western built aircraft. It also suggests North America and Europe were the better performers globally while Africa had the worst performance rate, accounting for only 2% of global flights yet had 26% of the aircraft crashes.
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2009 Plane Crashes
Posted by Your Attorney 5:26 pm
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Safety Reform Slow After Buffalo Plane Crash
On February 12, 2009, 50 people died in a fiery plane crash near Buffalo, N.Y. as a result of the pilots of the regional airliner making critical errors. Almost a year later, safety reforms have not been implemented even though Federal regulators and lawmakers promised quick action immediately following the plane crash.
The crash brought to light a safety gap between the major airlines and the regional carriers. Some of the concerns are fatigue among the pilots of low-fare airlines, long-distance commutes and inadequate training. Pilot performance has been a factor in three of the last six fatal domestic airline accidents involving regional carriers. Investigators have determined the cause of the Buffalo crash to be primarily the errors made by the pilots.
According to the Washington Post, the National Transportation Safety Board is meeting to determine the probable cause of the N.Y. crash and to make safety recommendations, stating the safety issues raised by the crash go beyond the pilots’ mistakes.
The House has passed legislation to force the FAA to strengthen regulations, but action has been slowed by unrelated Senate disputes.
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Buffalo Plane Crash
Posted by Your Attorney 7:37 pm
