Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

• CSX Train Lawsuit Follows Teen Death On Trestle

  Eddie Farah | June 13, 2008 10:36 PM | 4 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  A 17-year old Clay County high school football player, Wesley Whiddon Jr., who was struck and killed by a train lastmonth, wasdoing what many people in the Black Creek area regularly do- fish from...

• NTSB Chairman Speaks to New Jersey Motorcoach Association

  Sandy Grinnell | June 05, 2008 8:42 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  The Honorable Mark V. Rosenker, Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board was the key note speaker at the annual meeting of the Greater New Jersey Motorcoach Association today. In his...

• High School Football Hero Killed By Train

  Eddie Farah | May 23, 2008 10:51 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  Mourners from Orange Park, Florida said goodbye this week to a Clay County, Florida athlete killed in a train accident. Wes Whiddon, 17, and two friends were fishing from a train trestle right...

• CSX Commuter Railroad Deal Not Dead

  Jeffrey Meldon | May 12, 2008 8:00 AM | 1 CommentGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  The Central Florida Commuter Rail Commission met last week and declared their intentions to pursue the controversial deal with CSX Railroad to buy 61 miles of railroad track. The problem is that...

• CSX RAILROAD WANTS TO BE TREATED LIKE A KING

  Jeffrey Meldon | May 03, 2008 10:30 AM | 2 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  CSX Railroad refuses to allow central Floridians to create a new "green" dream train mode of travel between the cities of Tampa, Lakeland, Orlando, Deland,and Daytona Beach unless they are given...

• CSX Railroading Waiver of Its Own Liability Through Florida Legislature

  K.C. Bouchillon | April 30, 2008 3:16 PM | 0 CommentsCentral Florida, FL

  Last night, the Florida House approved the deal between FDOT and CSX regarding commuter and freight rail - and including a waiver of liability for CSX for accidental injuries and deaths that occur...

• Comair Co-Pilot Wants to Fly Again

  Seth Miles | March 05, 2008 2:06 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  The co-pilot and lone survivor of the Comair jet crash in Lexington, Kentucky wants to fly again. Apparently, he is using the potential return to the cockpit as motivation in his rehabilitation. All other 49 people onboard the flight were killed. The cause? As in most aviation disasters, a series of avoidable errors, leading to an attempted takeoff from the wrong runway.

• Two F-15 Fighter Jets Collide Over Gulf of Mexico

  Jenny Albano | February 20, 2008 11:32 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  A F-15C Fighter Pilot has died after a mid-air collision on Wednesday, February 20. The other pilot is in good condition at Eglin Air Force Base Hospital in Florida. The pilots ejected over the Gulf of Mexico and were later rescued.The planes crashed off the coast of the Florida Panhandle, just south of Tyndall Air Force Base and the planes were F-15C Eagles single-seaters so the two pilots...

• Aviation Lawsuit Settles for $1.1 Million to Date

  Staff Writer | June 11, 2007 10:29 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  The Haggard Law Firm has settled yet another aviation lawsuit, this time against Photolux. This is just the latest settlement of many over the past year for a total to date of almost $1.1 million. It arises out of the June 14, 2002 plane crash near Osteen Florida of a Piper Malibu JetProp Conversion aircraft. The crash killed the pilot and his 2 passengers. The Haggard Law Firm represented...

• Plane Crash Off Fort Lauderdale

  Staff Writer | April 30, 2007 11:32 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Last weekend was a sad weekend for the families of five men who were killed in a plane crash 17 miles off shore from Fort Lauderdale. After taking off at 8:57 a.m. on Saturday, the 1965 Piper Aztec leveled off at 4,500 feet. It was immediately engulfed in stormy conditions and flew into the area of a "level 4" thunderstorm, likely containing severe turbulence, the report said. In little more...