Thursday’s mid-air collision involving a Coast Guard C-130 and Marine Corps AH-1H Super Cobra was the second military helicopter crash that has occurred east of San Clemente Island since 2007.
On January 26, 2007, four were killed when a Navy MH-60S Seahawk crashed just miles from the 
spot of Thursday’s accident.
The Navy was unable to determine
The families of the victims of the Zodiac crash near Oakdale, California, have filed suit against the aircraft’s maker, Zenith Aircraft, alleging that the Zodiac’s design is defective. The Zodiac is the two-seat aircraft whose wings tend to break off in flight due to a design-induced aerodynamic phenomenon known as flutter. That appears
The victim’s family is seldom in the best emotional state to make important decisions right after an airplane or helicopter accident. The stresses can be overwhelming. Fortunately, hiring an aviation attorney is one decision that is seldom urgent. It is a decision that, in most cases, can wait.
But how long is too long to wait?
Are written waivers of liability worth the paper they are written on? The answer, of course, is that it depends. In California, a waiver that a passenger signs before stepping into an aircraft is enforceable, as long as it meets certain rules. For example:
The families of Michael and Anne Harris, the American couple on board Air France Flight 447, filed suit this week in Houston federal court. It’s the first lawsuit arising from the crash. The most frequently asked questions about this suit are:
Question: Aren’t the families jumping the gun? The 
black boxes haven’t yet been recovered, and may never be. For