Archive for the ‘Airplane Accidents’ Category

911 Wrongful Death Cases For AA Flight 11, and United 175 Will Finally Be Going To Trial In New York City

Posted by Mark Blane on August 8th, 2009 under Airplane Accidents, Wrongful Death Tags: , , , ,  •  3 Comments

According to the Associated Press out of New York, the first wrongful death lawsuit resulting from the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks will go to trial April 12, a judge said Tuesday, July 28, 2009.  U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein set the trial date over the complaints of aviation security industry lawyers who said they needed [...]

Mammoth Lakes Plane Crash Kills Two People

Posted by Mark Blane on July 13th, 2009 under Airplane Accidents Tags: , ,  •  3 Comments

A single-engine Cessna crashed July 8, 2009, at approximately 4:30 pm just west of Mammoth Yosemite Airport, with two people aboard; pilot and one passenger.  Both occupants of the plane were killed upon impact.  The entire accident is under investigation.
Over the years, I have debated the safety of a single-engine aircraft with multi-engine aircraft; a [...]

Yemen Airways Black Box Signals Were Found

Posted by Mark Blane on July 8th, 2009 under Airplane Accidents Tags: , , ,  •  1 Comment

According to Reuters, French investigators have found acoustic type signals form the black boxes that were aboard the Yemeni jet that crashed into the Indian Ocean last week leaving 152 people dead, and one 14 year old survivor.  The airliner crashed into the Indian Ocean as it was on approach to land at the capital [...]