Crew Errors Possible Cause of Air France Flight 447 Crashing, Killing 228 People

8/16/2011
Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton
Comments (0)

Crew Errors a Possible Cause of the Air France Flight 447 Crash That Killed 228 People

Pilots for Air France Flight 447 made several mistakes that prevented them from pulling the plane out of its fatal dive into the Atlantic Ocean, officials from France's air investigative authority, the Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses, concluded in a report published in late July 2011. According to a summary published in the Los Angeles Times, crew members in the cockpit during the June 1, 2009, flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris could have saved the plane from crashing speed sensors froze and the aircraft lost power. Because the pilots ignored several stall warnings and did not have enough training to deal with the emergency, the commercial jet hit the water, killing all 228 people aboard.

Plane accidents are much less frequent than car wrecks. But when aircraft go down, people on the planes are likely to suffer injuries or get killed. In Virginia airplane crashes must be investigated by local law enforcement agencies and the Federal Aviation Administration. The investigation will done according to FAA guidelines. Sometimes, insurance companies may be reluctant to make payment for medical treatment costs or wrongful death claims until it has been established who or what was really responsible for the wreck. This can be frustrating to everyone involved.

Educate yourself as to what your options are available when a plane crash occurs by reading an article in our library on aviation crashes that was written by a Virginia personal injury attorney.

LC

Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Train, Bus)

Labels: accident Air France Attorney Flight 447 injured lawyer Paris personal injury Shapiro VA Virginia wrongful death

About the Editors: Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton is a Viriginia injury law firm whose attorneys focus on personal injury and accident law and have experience handling cases for victims of mass transit accidents such as airplane, train and bus crashes. In fact, our law firm published a free consumer safety guide on what to do if you are hurt in a plane wreck.

We have offices in Virginia Beach and Hampton, Virginia but we're ready to come to you anywhere in VA including Suffolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Newport News and Norfolk, VA, if you've been seriously hurt by someone else's carelessness.

Rick Shapiro and James Lewis have been included among the Best Lawyers in America since 2008, and have been named Virginia Super Lawyers for Personal Injury Law since 2010, an honor fewer than 5 percent of lawyers receive.

Shapiro and Lewis have also been selected for inclusion in the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum since 2009. In addition, ours was the first injury law firm in Virginia to join Primerus, a select group of highly ethical and respected law firms. Our VA mass transit injury law firm has the highest rating of AV from Martindale-Hubbell, a national lawyer ranking organization, which means we have a reputation for preeminent legal skill.

While not every injury case meets our criteria, we offer free initial confidential injury case consultations. Call us toll free at (800) 752-0042. If you cannot get through due to high call volume, please leave a voicemail so we can respond directly to you.

Virginia Super Lawyer Best Injury Lawyers in Virginia

There are no comments.

Search Our Site

Get help Now!

Practice Areas

Crew Errors a Possible Cause of the Air France Flight 447 Crash That Killed 228 People

Post a comment