Posts tagged aviation

• Airline Companies: Beware of Public Perception. The Public is Watching, Waiting, All Eyes are on You. It’s No Time to Make a Mistake.

  Robert Parks | June 23, 2009 9:38 PM | 3 CommentsMiami, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  As I scan the latest news articles and Google alerts, there seems to an influx of stories focused on air travel safety. Could it be the media playing on the devastating Air France Flight 447...

• Computers Don’t Make Better Decisions Than Humans: New Discoveries From Air France Wreckage As Body Parts Are Found

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | June 17, 2009 4:58 PM | 2 CommentsMiami, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  It has been approximately two weeks since Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, and there are still more questions then answers as the search continues...

• Comair Co-Pilot Wants to Fly Again

  Seth Miles | March 05, 2008 2:06 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

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

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

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

  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...