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

• Assistance For Families Of Aviation Disasters

  Alisa Brodkowitz | February 26, 2009 2:57 PM | 1 CommentKing County, WA

  Recently commercial plane crashes have dominated the news. First, the Miracle on the Hudson, then Continental Flight 3407, and now Turkish Airlines Flight 1951. What assistance is available to...

• Helicopter Pilot Killed in Crash at Blackwater/Xe Training Base in Moyock/Northeast North Carolina

  Jim Lewis | February 26, 2009 9:18 AM | 7 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  According to the contractor, Glen Wenzel was a decorated U.S. Army veteran. According to other news reports this helicopter is also known as a Little Bird helicopter, although conflicting news...

• Inflight Medical Emergencies, Are Airlines Taking Advantage of Doctors?

  Alisa Brodkowitz | February 25, 2009 12:48 PM | 2 CommentsKing County, WA

  Nearly all of us have heard this question come over the PA system on a flight Is there a doctor on board? Usually we are sending good thoughts to the sick or injured passenger, but who is thinking...

• Why Waiting Too Long To Hire A Railroad Injury Attorney Can Kill Your Case: The Top Five Reasons

  Randy Appleton | February 25, 2009 6:30 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  My railroad injury lawyer colleague Rick Shapiro wrote a short article titled: “Why Waiting Too Long To Hire A Railroad Injury Attorney Can Kill Your Case: The Top Five Reasons” which...

• What A Train Wreck! Literally --- New Rail Safety Features Malfunction

  Brooks Schuelke | February 24, 2009 2:38 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  As Austin's Metrorail starts operation next month, many are concerned with the prospects of a new danger for Austin's drivers. A safety demonstration last week didn't do anything to ease our fears...

• High School Student Develops Device to Prevent Plane Crashes

  Jim Lewis | February 24, 2009 11:15 AM | 1 CommentGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  Just days after the emergency landing on the Hudson River in New York of a US Airways jet due to what has been widely thought to be caused by birds clogging the engines, a high school senior in...

• Airplane Crashes Are Seldom Fender Benders

  Jim Lewis | February 23, 2009 2:06 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  Because I am a licensed private airplane pilot, I have access to a tremendous amount of information regarding airplane crashes throughout the United States. It will come as no surprise that most of...

• Carolina Railroad Accidents and Injuries: About FELA/On the Job Rail Injury Claims, Railroad Crossing Injuries & Derailment/Train Wrecks Causing Injuries

  Rick Shapiro | February 23, 2009 6:10 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  Editor’s Note: For a long strings of Railroad Safety & Railroad Accident/Injury Articles see the “sister” Virginia Beach Injuryboard Mass Transit/Railroad Topics and the...

• School Bus Driver Kicks Kids Off

  Eddie Farah | February 21, 2009 11:07 PM | 3 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  This Jacksonville school bus driver had simply had enough. Several Ribault Middle School students were messing around on the bus, threatening to open the emergency door on the back of the bus. A...

• Air Ambulances: Should There Be A Safety Concern?

  Mike Bryant | February 21, 2009 9:44 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Every once in a while we will see the local Air ambulance fly over the office in St Cloud. I have had a number of clients that were saved though the quick response and ability to reach quality...