The unease and fear in Dan Dorsch’s voice is palpable. His last words were “I’m in, in a descent,” then nothing. Mr. Dorsch was the pilot of the Pilatus PC-12 which crashed in Raphine, Virginia (VA). Four people died, including Mr. Dorsch. The Federal Aviation Authority investigation revealed a portion of the plane panel broke…
Most people know that if you get into a car accident, never say, “It was my fault” at the scene of the accident. Why? Because you don’t want to admit liability when you may actually not be liable. The proper procedure is to take exchange insurance information and wait until a thorough investigation is conducted….
Judge Robert Blackburn, a U.S. District court judge based in Denver, dismissed a lawsuit centered on a 2005 airplane accident that killed eight people in a Cessna Citation 560 jet owned by Circuit City. Four of the people who died in the plane crash were Circuit City employees and the plane was registered in Richmond,…
When my colleague Emily Mapp Brannon heard about the accident involving the team bus of the King’s Fork field hockey team, she decided to check into how many crashes involve school buses and injuries to children. The answer found: too many. After briefly describing several school bus accidents that occurred early this week, Emily concludes…
A report that commercial jet maker Airbus did not act to fix a sensor design problem that may have led to June’s deadly crash of Air France Flight 447 seem too bad to be true. If this is true, the evidence would show that Airbus first learned in 2002 that the airspeed sensors it installed…