Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

• Alaska Airlines Claims They Used Safe Deicer On Flight No. 528

  Alisa Brodkowitz | January 13, 2009 1:48 PM | 0 CommentsKing County, WA

  A while ago I blogged about my concerns that Alaska Airlines may have used Ethylene Glycol in the deicer that infiltrated the ventilation system on Flight 528. In the newspaper this morning Alaska...

• A Flyers Right to a Safe Passage

  Jessica Vick | January 05, 2009 1:46 PM | 0 CommentsKing County, WA

  People ask me what the number one thing is that I have learned working in Aviation Law. I would have to say it’s to do your best to be educated and aware of your rights to a safe...

• Were The Deicer Fumes On Alaska Flight 528 Dangerous?

  Alisa Brodkowitz | December 30, 2008 8:02 PM | 2 CommentsKing County, WA

  On December 24, 2008 passengers onboard an Alaska Airlines flight bound for Burbank, California were exposed to deicer fumes. Flight 528 to Burbank, CA was being sprayed down with propylene glycol...

• Vouchers for Victims of Continental Airlines Flight 1404

  Alisa Brodkowitz | December 23, 2008 11:59 AM | 3 CommentsKing County, WA

  Yesterday evening the Houston Chronicle published an article addressing vouchers provided by the airline to the passengers who survived the crash of Continental Airlines Flight 1404. Everyone who...

• Continental Airlines Flight 1404

  Alisa Brodkowitz | December 21, 2008 11:35 AM | 1 CommentKing County, WA

  Yesterday, passengers on Continental Airlines Flight 1404, endured the unthinkable. According to reports, during take off from Denver the 737 impacted a ravine and caught fire. The passengers on the...

• Mechanic Killed When Helicopter Blows Over

  Chrissie Cole | December 17, 2008 5:07 PM | 0 CommentsKing County, WA

  A helicopter mechanic was killed today when the aircraft he was working on was blown over by high winds as it prepared to take off, said county fire officials. The helicopter accident happened...

• Train Accident Kills Sultan Teen

  Mark McLean | June 26, 2007 9:57 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A 16 year-old "shining star" of the Sultan community was killed earlier this month when her car was struck by a passing train at a railroad crossing. Too many times, local firefighters have had to rescue friends and relatives from collisions on the railroad tracks that run through the Skykomish River valley, Snohomish County Fire District 5 Chief Merlin Halverson said.Krystinia was the...