Miscellaneous

• Pilots Did Not Receive Warnings Before Deadly Crash

  James Sabatini | July 23, 2007 11:39 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  The pilots in a jet crash last summer that killed 49 people left the terminal without receiving four important airport advisories, including one that said the normal taxiway to the main runway was closed. Comair Flight 5191 crashed on August 27, 2006, shortly after mistakenly taking off from the general aviation runway, killing all people aboard but one. The plane taxied to the wrong runway in...

• Tam Airlines Pilot Tried to Abort Landing

  James Sabatini | July 18, 2007 2:12 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  An initial probe of a Brazilian plane crash that killed at least 200 people suggests the airliner's pilot tried to abort a crash landing, an official said Wednesday. For more information on this subject matter, please refer to the section on Airline, Cruise, Bus, and other Mass Transit Accidents.

• TAM Airline Airbus 320 Crashes In Sao Paulo

  James Sabatini | July 17, 2007 11:12 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  A TAM Airlines Airbus 320 carrying 176 people crashed while attempting to land in heavy rain at Sao Paulo's Congon has Airport, the airline said. The Sao Paulo fire department said at least 200 people, including some on the ground, were dead at the scene. There was no immediate word on survivors.A Brazilian Court had previously banned large jets from using the runway due to safety concerns. The...

• Small Plane Crashes Into Fla. Homes Killing Two

  James Sabatini | July 10, 2007 11:10 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  A small plane trying to make an emergency landing crashed into a suburban Orlando neighborhood Tuesday, killing both people aboard and starting two house fires that burned two adults and a 10-year-old boy. The cause of this fatal crash is under investigation.For more information on this subject, please refer to our section on Airlines, Cruise, Buses, and Other Mass Transit Accidents.

• Are Fireworks Legal In CT?

  James Sabatini | June 25, 2007 2:27 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  As we approach July 4, many of us start thinking about fireworks. Under Connecticut law, only a limited type of fireworks are legal. Specifically, only sparklers are legal. All other fireworks are illegal. Sparklers, as determined by the state, include sparkling devices of not more than one hundred grams of pyrotechnic mixture per item, which are non-explosive and non-aerial. These include...

• Small Plane Crash in Windham, Connecticut

  James Sabatini | April 23, 2007 11:03 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  A small plane crashed Sunday near a highway in eastern Connecticut and caught on fire, killing two people on board, officials from the Federal Aviation Administration and state police said.FAA spokeswoman Holly Baker said the Piper PA-23 went down adjacent to U.S. 6 near Windham Airport shortly before 4 p.m. The fire damage was so severe that the plane's tail number initially could not be read...

• Two CT Men Die In Small Plane Crash

  James Sabatini | April 05, 2007 11:48 AM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Two of the three people killed in the crash of a small plane in Maryland on Wednesday were from Connecticut.The three people killed were members of the Mahopac Golf Club in New York and were headed to North Carolina for a golf outing. The NTSB is investigating the crash.

• Small Plane Crash Kills Two

  James Sabatini | March 05, 2007 1:30 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  A small plane crashed into a home near a southern Indiana airport Monday, killing both people aboard, authorities said. There were no immediate reports of injuries on the ground, though the impact left much of the plane lodged inside the house.

• Ex-VP at J&J Sues for Wrongful Termination

  James Sabatini | January 03, 2007 9:58 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  Dr. Joel Lippman,a former vice president at Johnson & Johnson, was fired by the company after he recommended that the company recall certain products that were unsafe. One of the products that the doctor deemed unsafe was the Ortho Evra birth control patch. He considered the device unsafe due to the fact that the patch released dangerously high levels of estrogen into patients. In his...

• Taco Bell E.Coli Outbreak

  James Sabatini | December 07, 2006 5:01 PM | 0 CommentsHartford, CT

  The Taco Bell E.Coli outbreak has hit Connecticut. According to CNN, the E.Coli outbreak linked to Taco Bell has sickened individuals in five states including Connecticut. If you suspect that you are ill from bad food, seek immediate medical attention. The doctor will obtain a stool sample. If it tests positive for e.coli contamination the doctor must then notify state and federal...