According to new estimates, the total costs associated with insurance claims arising from airplane accidents has dropped to levels not seen since 1991, as the number of severe injuries and…
Continental Airlines has reached a settlement agreement in at least two wrongful death lawsuits filed as a result of a 2009 airplane crash in Buffalo, New York that killed 50…
Federal investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) have determined that overloading and improper balancing are to blame for a 2009 plane crash in West Virginia that killed six…
A wrongful death lawsuit against Morgan Stanley has resulted in a $15 million settlement for the family of one of the victims of a 2006 plane crash that killed all…
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is recommending that the government enact stringent new measures to improve medical helicopter safety in the wake of a record year for emergency helicopter…
Federal regulators are recommending that Learjet change the design of some of their engines in response to a South Carolina Learjet crash last fall that killed four, including the flight…
Wrongful death lawsuits have been filed by the families of two more victims of the fatal plane crash of Continental Airlines flight 3407 that occurred on February 12 in Buffalo,…
In almost every airplane accident over the 10 last years involving a regional airline, the pilot failed important flight competency tests more than once, according to a report by USA…
Though relatively rare, a plane crash can have devastating consequences. In many cases, airplane accidents have been found to be preventable with proper pilot training or response, proper maintenance of…
Although Capt. Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger was able to masterfully land US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River last week, delivering all 155 passengers safely back to land with…
