I blogged about Scene Systems’ animation of Flight 1549’s landing in the Hudson here back in March. Great effort, but I noted that it would take hundreds more hours of work before it could be used in court. That’s because it did not appear that the animation accounted for and synchronized all the available data
Should the Aviation Accident Victim Choose An Attorney Who Is Also A Pilot?
Not necessarily.
The accident victim should retain the best aviation contingency fee attorney he can find, regardless of the attorney’s piloting credentials. Rather than asking whether the prospective attorney has a pilot’s license, the victim should ask whether the attorney has a history of successful jury verdicts in aviation cases. A record of successful verdicts is important
Helicopter – C-130 Mid-Air Collision is Second Crash of Military Helicopter Off San Clemente Island
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
More Zodiac Victims File Suit
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
How Soon After An Aviation Accident Must An Aviation Attorney Be Hired?
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?
Pre-Accident Waivers of Liability
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 waiver language must be clear and conspicuous to the person signing away
First Air France Flight 447 Lawsuit: Questions and Answers
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
Preserving the Aircraft Wreckage
What happens to the wreckage after an airplane accident? Who gets access to it? What does the aviation accident attorney need to do to make sure it is properly preserved?
Here’s what happens:
1. The National Transportation Safety Board Secures the Wreckage on Site. The wreckage usually remains at the site of the aircraft accident
Hudson Mid-Air: NTSB’s Comments Supported by Audio Recording?
NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman’s recent testimony before congress concerning the mid-air collision over the Hudson raises more questions than it answers. She stated that the Teterboro controller instructed the Piper pilot to switch to frequency 127.85 to contact the Newark controller. But before leaving the Teterboro frequency, according to Hersman, the pilot read back to
Requiring an Aviation Insurance Company to Pay More Than the Policy Limits
An aviation insurance company must fairly compensate those injured due to the negligence of one of its policy holders. Of course, in most cases, the insurance company’s financial responsibility is limited to the dollar limits of the insurance policy.
But not always.
When an insurance company unreasonably forces an aviation accident victim to take his case to trial instead