We currently represent over 200 people who have lost loved ones around the world due to commercial aviation disasters.
PLAINTIFFS v. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO, ET AL(Southwest Airlines Flight 1248)
On December 8, 2005 at about 7:15 p.m. a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 was landing in a snowstorm at Midway Airport at the northwest corner of the airport when it skidded off the runway and crashed through a barrier and into traffic. Ms. Bonnie James, a medical technician and the plaintiff in this case, was one of the passengers taken by ambulance to a hospital after the crash. She has not returned to work since the accident. Ms. James is a resident of Chicago, Illinois.
PLAINTIFFS v. THE BOEING COMPANY, ET AL
(TANS Peru Flight 204)
On August 23, 2005, about 2010 universal coordinated time (1510 local time) , a Boeing 737-200, Peruvian registry OB-1809-P, operating as Aerolinea Transportes Aereos Nacionales de Selva (TANS) Peru flight 204, was destroyed when it impacted trees and swampy terrain while approaching Captain FAP David Abenzur Rengifo Airport (PCL), Pucallpa, Peru. The captain, first officer, 2 flight attendants and 40 passengers were fatally injured. One additional passenger was missing and presumed fatally injured. Two flight attendants were seriously injured, and 53 passengers incurred minor to serious injuries. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed, and the flight was operating on an instrument flight rules flight plan from Jorge Chavez International Airport (LIM), Lima, Peru, to Pucallpa. The scheduled passenger flight was conducted under Peruvian flight regulations.
PLAINTIFFS v. SOCIETE AIR FRANCE
(Air France Flight 358)
On August 2, 2005, at 1603 EDT, Air France Flight 358, an Airbus A340-313, registered in France as F-GLZQ, attempted to land on runway 24 Left during a period of severe weather at Pearson International Airport, Toronto, Canada. It did not stop before the end of the runway, but continued for 200 meters until it slid into the Etobicoke Creek ravine, on the western edge of the airport near the interchange of Dixie Road and Highway 401. The aircraft was subsequently destroyed by impact forces and postcrash fire. The fire blocked some of the emergency exits but everyone evacuated in short order. All fires were out by early afternoon on August 3. The flight had 309 people aboard (297 passengers and 12 crew), all of whom survived.
PLAINTIFFS et al v. CORPORATE AIRLINES INC, ET AL
(American Connection Flight 5966)
On October 19, 2004, about 1937 central daylight time, a British Aerospace Jetstream 32 twin-engine turboprop airplane, N875JX, operating as American Connection Flight 5966 (a feeder commuter for American Airlines), crashed during an instrument approach to the Kirksville Regional Airport in Kirksville, Missouri. The airplane carried 2 crew members and 13 passengers. The flight was being operated as a scheduled Part 121 airline flight. It departed from St. Louis, Missouri, about 6:45 pm and was destined for Kirksville. According to preliminary information, the flight was being vectored by the Kansas City Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) for the Localizer Distance Measuring Equipment (LOC-DME) approach to runway 36 at Kirksville. The airplane was cleared to descend from 15,000 feet. The airplane reportedly crashed about 4 miles from the runway during the approach. American Connection is owned and operated by Corporate Airlines, a small commuter airline based in Smyrna,Tennessee.
PLAINTIFFS v. INTERNATI0NAL LEASE FINANCE CORP, ET AL
(Flash Airlines Flight 604)
On January 3, 2004 about 0447 local time, a Flash Airlines B-737-300 crashed into the Red Sea after departing from Sharm El Sheikh Airport, Egypt. The airplane was destroyed, and all 133 passengers and 15 crewmembers on board were fatally injured. U.S. authorities are assisting in the investigation by Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority.
PLAINTIFFS v. PARKER HANNIFIN, ET AL
(Egypt Air Flight 990)
On October 31, 1999, about 0152 eastern standard time, EgyptAir flight 990, a Boeing 767-366ER, SU-GAP, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean about 60 miles south of Nantucket, Massachusetts. EgyptAir flight 990 was being operated under the provisions of Egyptian Civil Aviation Regulations Part 121 and U.S. 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 129 as a scheduled, international flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), New York, New York, to Cairo International Airport, Cairo, Egypt. The flight departed JFK about 0120, with 4 flight crew members, 10 flight attendants, and 203 passengers on board. All 217 people on board were killed, and the airplane was destroyed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which operated on an instrument flight rules flight plan.
PLAINTIFFS v. HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND, ET AL
(Garuda Indonesian Flight 152)
On Friday, December 19, 1997 a Boeing 737-300, 9VTRF, crashed killing 97 people and seriously injuring 139 aboard the Indonesian Garuda Airlines A-300 Airbus. The plane that was flying from Jakarta went down early Friday afternoon about 15 minutes before it was due to land at Medan, a major commodities and trading center. The plane crashed about 20 (32 km) miles from the airport.
