Financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald lost 658 of its 1000 employees when a plane hit the World Trade Center in the September 11 terrorist attacks, destroying the company’s offices. The firm filed a lawsuit seeking $1 billion in damages from American Airlines, on the grounds the airline was negligent by failing to detect the hijackers,…
Continue readingThe infrastructure investments at Dulles (“IAD”) and Reagan National (“DCA”) have helped the growth of both Northern Virginia International Airports. Dulles has experienced a steady increase in its international air service every year since 2003. For example, the airport reported in early 2013 that Dulles had become the second largest gateway in the world to…
Continue readingAccording to an article in the Herndon Patch, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) and State Police will be cracking down on drivers who jump out of traffic on the Dulles Toll Road (Rt 267) and take a toll-free ride on the Dulles Airport Access road. Using the airport road for non-airport business is known as…
Continue readingThe first time I went to Dulles International Airport (“IAD”), it was to pick up my father, who was coming to Washington, D.C. as a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (“ATLA”) Superfund Study Commission, it seemed as though I was the only one in the Terminal ! That was 1982. Since…
Continue readingYou have been injured at an airport. Or you are an airline employee and have been injured on the job. Now what? Where can you find an attorney to advise you on an airport- or aircraft-related injury? Many people rely upon lawyer referral services, especially those found on the internet. When selecting a lawyer through…
Continue readingAfter landing at Santa Monica Airport late last month, a Cessna Citation 525A jet skidded into a hangar, killing all of the passengers on the plane, and causing an enormous explosion. First responders arrived within three minutes, but the fire spread to two other hangars and was already out of control when help arrived. The…
Continue readingWhen an airline employee is injured in an accident that occurs in a state other than the one in which she was hired, or where the airline’s place of business is located, the employee’s injury case and workers’ comp cases could be brought in different states. In the DC metro area, many National (Reagan) and…
Continue readingThe Safegate Aircraft Docking Guidance System is being implemented at Los Angeles International Airport to increase runway safety and efficiency. SAFEDOCK is a fully automatic system based on a laser scanning technique that tracks jets taxiing into the terminal. This new system uses a laser to identify and guide aircraft types to an accurate stop position.…
Continue readingEver watch the airport runway workers with the orange wands signaling to a huge jet so that it can get in to a gate ? Airline pilots at Los Angeles International Airport (“LAX”) have parked jets in exactly the same way for decades. The airport marshals with the orange glow sticks could be seen in…
Continue readingLately the news has been full of reports of near-misses and minor collisions between airplanes at our nation’s airports. Most recently, two taxiing planes clipped each other’s wings at Newark airport in New Jersey. That is why Herndon airport injury lawyer Doug Landau was encouraged to read about this summer’s safety drill conducted at Washington…
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