A jury has awarded families of four passengers killed in a Youngstown, Ohio, plane crash and a survivor $89 million, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. http://www.philly.com/philly/business/homepage/20100407_Phila__jury_awards__89_million_in_plane_crash.html The jury in the Philadelphia Common Please Court Tuesday found that the manufacturer of…
Two Killed In Ohio Plane Crash At Airport
Two family members died Thursday when their plane crashed at the Wright Brothers Airport in Springboro, Ohio. http://www.examiner.com/x-19303-Dayton-Crime-Examiner~y2010m4d1-Small-plane-crashes-in-Springboro-two-dead Tom Hausfeld and his daughter, Kacie Hausfeld, were in their way from Ohio to Chicago to pick Ali Hausfeld, Kacie’s older sister,…
FAA Orders Software Fix To Address Potential Autopilot Problem
Perhaps learning a lesson from the Toyota fiasco, the Federal Aviation Administration is trying to solve a potential problem before it causes an accident or kills anyone: It has ordered the installation of new software on Boeing 777s to make…
Neurosurgeon Pilot and His Passenger Killed in Crash of Vintage Plane
Federal authorities are investigating the crash of a World War II era plane into the Gulf of Mexico off Florida, killing a neurosurgeon pilot and his passenger. http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/wwii-era-plane-crashes-off-florida-coast-killing-2/19386616?icid=main|main|dl1|link4|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aolnews.com%2Fnation%2Farticle%2Fwwii-era-plane-crashes-off-florida-coast-killing-2%2F19386616 Dr. Evan Zeiger Jr., 60, was flying a single engine T-6 Texan…
A look at some of those killed in NY plane crash
Date: 2/14/2009 By The Associated Press Alison Des Forges Des Forges, of Buffalo, was senior adviser for Human Rights Watch’s Africa division. Considered one of the world’s leading experts on the genocide in Rwanda, Des Forges testified at 11 trials…
Crashed commuter plane was new, had good record
Date: 2/13/2009 By MICHAEL HILLAssociated Press Writer ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The commuter plane that crashed into a home near Buffalo, N.Y., was new and had a clean safety record, officials said Friday, leaving investigators few immediate clues about why…
Sept. 11 widow killed in Buffalo plane crash
Date: 2/13/2009 By DEVLIN BARRETTAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the victims of the Buffalo commuter plane crash, Beverly Eckert, was a Sept. 11 widow who put her never-ending grief to good use to make the country safer.…
Fiery plane crash in upstate NY kills 50
Date: 2/13/2009 By JOHN WAWROWAssociated Press Writer CLARENCE, N.Y. (AP) — A Continental commuter plane coming in for a landing nose-dived into a house in suburban Buffalo, sparking a fiery explosion that killed all 49 people aboard and a person…
Indiana pilot ordered to pay $12M in Ala. lawsuit
Date: 2/6/2009 DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) — The money troubles of an Indiana financial manager accused of staging a plane crash to fake his own death got worse when an Alabama judge ordered him to pay $12 million in a lawsuit…