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Aircraft Automation At Issue In Asiana Crash?

Details are still emerging about the Asiana Airlines crash at the San Francisco airport on July 6. Investigators only recently examined the aircraft’s black box data and voice recorders and initial interviews with the flight crew. However, investigators and the public are slowly learning more…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 9 Jul 2013

iPads In The Cockpit

We, in the back of the plane, still can't use our iPads and other electronics fully from gate to gate (for at least a couple months, anyway), but pilots have been using them for years….

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 29 Jun 2013

FAA To Allow Electronics During Take-Off and Landing

If you've done much flying, you're probably familiar with that little ding that signals the plane has reached 10,000 and you can pull out your laptop, iPad, smart phone, Kindle, or…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 21 Jun 2013

Look Both Ways Before Crossing The Runway

Our office has a national law practice. This means I get to see my fair share of the country's airports, hotels, and conference rooms. At a Father's Day bar-b-que yesterday, I…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 17 Jun 2013

Distracted Flying Cited in Deadly Missouri Helicopter Crash

Hopefully by now, we all know that distracted driving is dangerous. A recent news story highlights the fact that distracted flying can be dangerous too. In their investigation of a…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 16 Apr 2013

Bus Carrying College Lacrosse Team Crashes, Killing Two

This morning, a tour bus veered off the Pennsylvania Turnpike and crashed into a tree, killing its driver and one passenger and seriously injuring other passengers. The bus was carrying the…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 16 Mar 2013

Utah Transit Authority’s TRAX – the Bad and the Good

Safety statistics for Utah's light rail train system TRAX recently released by the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) show that while safety is improving, people continue to be their own worst…

By Bret Hanna

/ 16 Jan 2013

How To Increase Your Chances Of Surviving A Plane Crash

ABC's Good Morning America previewed what appears to be a very cool Discovery TV safety experiment that placed nearly half-a-million dollars worth of instrumented crash dummies on a Boeing…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 2 Oct 2012

Near Miss At Reagan Int’l Airport: 3 US Airways Jets Avoid Last-Second Collision

ABC News reported that 3 US Air commuter jets nearly avoided a mid-air collision at Reagan International Airport in Washington, DC after air traffic controllers modified approach vectors due…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 2 Aug 2012

Captain Admits: Distracted Driving Caused Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Crash

When we hear about distracted driving, most think of teenagers texting or distracting movies or someone putting on makeup or even an errant cheeseburger wrapper. We don't often think about…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 17 Jul 2012

Harry Smith on Rock Center: Fine Print Immunities Result In 'Goliath' Fight Against Cruise Industry

Veteran reporter Harry Smith (@HarrySmithNBC) on Rock Center reported last week that six months after the Costa Concordia cruise ship wreck disaster, some of the survivors are fighting the…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 16 Jul 2012

Freight Train Crashes Into Tow Truck; Car Stuck On Railroad Crossing

The Washington Post and Gazette.net have both reported on a railroad crossing accident in which a freight train crashed into a tow truck trying to remove a vehicle that was stuck on the railroad…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 22 Mar 2012