Late on a Friday in September, a small plane crashed in a green field on the Patriot Course of the Virginia International Raceway (VIR). Both pilot and passenger were killed when the single-engine World War II T-28-C...
Category: Air travel fatality cases
Orange is the New Black — Box, That Is
October 1, 2014
Did you know that airplane “black boxes” are, in fact, ORANGE? The intense search for Malaysia Flight 370, which disappeared in March of this year, brought renewed attention to these devices that record details...
During test runs of the Canadian firm Bombardier Inc.’s CSeries aircraft in May of this year, a sudden loss of power and engine failure prompted the aircraft maker to suspend testing. The engine was disassembled for an...
When an airline worker is injured on the job and receives comp benefits, their employer (or workers comp insurance carrier) can request that they see a doctor not of their choosing, and not for treatment. Under the Virginia...
Why would an airline, or an airline’s workers compensation insurance company, hire investigators to follow an injured airline employee ? Why would the air carriers’ gumshoes search the disabled workers’...