Chicago-Based Attorneys
Handling Aviation Accidents Nationwide
Congress has stepped in and taken action to upgrade standards by which emergency medical service (EMS) helicopters are operated. The Congressional legislation goes a long way toward ending the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) shilly-shallying over National...
When the airliner pulled up to the gate, the first indication that something was amiss came from a shock felt by the crew that ran through the plane at the same instant that a sign on the terminal wall illuminated the message “STOP.” As soon as the engines shut down,...
The pilots heard a “clunk,” then the flight deck became very dark as the British Airways (BA) A319 was approaching 20,000 feet during climb after departure from London’s Heathrow Airport in October 2005 with 82 passengers and crew aboard. Most of the affected systems...
One suspects that AOPA’s resistance to restarting NAOMS, a resistance apparently shared by the FAA, may stem from apprehension. If the surveys already conducted reflect great discomfort about safety among airline pilots, a comprehensive approach to compile data from...