It’s not unusual for the families of plane crash victims to file suits against airlines, but it is for them to sue over a film about the accident. But that’s what has happened in Spain. On Aug. 20, 2008 a crash…
In a particulary horrendous accident in Phoenix, two babies were killed Saturday in a multiple-vehicle crash that included a gas tanker. http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/09/05/2-babies-killed-in-Arizona-crash/UPI-11721283661156/ The accident took place when a car on Interstate 10 slowed down to rubberneck, and look at a small collision. The…
It’s been a bad year so far for airline crashes, and it may be hard to keep that number down in the future, according to The Wall Street Journal Thursday. In a story headlined “The Difficulty in Improving Air Safety…
Federal aviation officials are reexamining how some jet braking systems perform in wet weather, according to The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240527487043kungn 23704575462000284345266.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_5 The National Transportation Safety Board is doing the reassessment in the wake of of several recent incidents where jets overran runways in foul…
The Federal Aviation Administration is trying to convince pilots and air traffic controllers to share information about mid-air collisions that were averted, according to The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704340504575447883834823838.html?mod=ITP_pageone_1 United Airlines is likely to be the first airline to participate in the…
A motorcyclist who sustained brain injury when a tractor-trailer crashed into him in Missouri has settled his case for $6.5 million, according to a press release http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100823006327/en/St.-Louis-MO-based-Page-Law-announces-6.5″ target=”_blank” The motorcyclist had filed suit in St. Louis against Allied Systems Ltd.…
You can add pets to the list of driver distractions that can lead to accidents, according to the AAA. http://www.aaanewsroom.net/Main/Default.asp?CategoryID=7&ArticleID=789 A recent survey by AAA and Kurgo found that one in five respondents admitted to driving with a dog in their lap. Since…
A plane taking passengers to a popular hiking area in Nepal crashed in bad weather Tuesday, killing 14 people, according to The Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-nepal-plane-crash-20100825,0,372610.story There were four Americans, a British citizen and a Japanese person among the dead when the 15-seat…
It appears that Oprah Winfrey’s message against no cellphone or texting while driving fell on deaf ears in the case of celebrity plastic surgeon Dr. Frank Ryan. And he is apparently dead now because of it. Ryan, a Beverly Hills doctor…
A federal court has upheld a $65 million verdict for a young woman who received massive injuries when her car was truck by a tractor-trailer in Zolfo Springs, Fla. http://www.theledger.com/article/20100818/NEWS/8185003/1002/SPORTS?Title=Appeals-Court-Upholds-65-Million-Verdict-for-Woman-in-2007-Crash Kendra Lymon, only 19 when the accident took place, was a star…