Flight 8646 Crash: 1 Year To Make Claims
Air Canada Express regional jet operated by Jazz Aviation as Flight 8646 crashed into a Port Authority fire truck crossing the runway at LaGuardia Airport in New York City on Sunday, March 22, 2026 while landing. The aircraft was a Bombardier CRJ 900. It was an international flight, having taken off from...
Boeing Hauled into Court Tomorrow Re: Alaska Flight 1282 Fiasco
A King County Superior Court judge will hear argument on Friday, October 31, 2025, on a summary judgment motion that seeks to hold Boeing liable for failure to secure the left mid-exit door plug in the 737-9 MAX aircraft, flown by Alaska Airlines as Flight 1282. The door plug detached mid-flight, causing...
NTSB Fails to Address Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Pressure Warnings Before Door Plug Blowout
SEATTLE, WA – June 24, 2025 - Today’s NTSB hearing on the Alaska Flight 1282 in-flight door mid-exit plug blowout did not fully answer important questions about what the airline may have known before then. The NTSB concludes that a Cabin Pressure Controller warning light microchip caused multiple warnings because it...
Air India Flight 171 Crash: Legal and Safety Questions Follow Fatal Dreamliner Disaster
Tata Group’s Air India Flight 171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, was filled with 242 people when that London-bound aircraft, fully loaded with fuel, crashed into the BJ Medical College hostel right after takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport...
A Concerning Start to 2025: Aircraft Accidents Capture the Public’s Attention
The Seattle area has been a cradle of aviation innovation for over a century, so it is not surprising that those of us who call this area home are particularly attuned to news about the industry. Unfortunately, most of the recent news seems to be bad news.
2025 is...
The More Things Change: Challenger Disaster and Modern Aviation Lessons
January 28, 2025, is the 39th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger’s tragic explosion shortly after launch over the ocean in Florida, which in 1986 took the lives of all the brave, talented, and optimistic astronauts on board. A defective...
Families Demand Justice: Boeing Plea Deal Challenged in Federal Hearing Today
“There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.”
― George W. Bush
Today, the federal trial judge in Texas...
Inside the NTSB Hearing: Boeing’s 737-MAX Safety Failures and Accountability Crisis
Last week, the National Transportation Safety Board held a two-day, 20-hour long investigation hearing at its...
Boeing calls its 2015 safety press release “puffery” in an attempt to avoid more fraud charges.
Just days before Boeing struck a plea deal on a federal fraud charge stemming from two crashes of 737 Max jetliners, it lashed out against fraud charges in the case of Berry et al v. Boeing et al brought by 37 passengers on flight 1282 who were injured when the 737...
Severe Turbulence on Singapore Airlines: What Injured Passengers Need to Know
The reported severe turbulence incident on Singapore Airlines that occurred over Malaysia on a flight from London to Singapore and resulted in a death and multiple serious injuries to 71 passengers is a cautionary tale for passengers and airlines alike. Compensation for those physically injured may be available, particularly by such events...