In an internal ethics complaint, Boeing engineer Curtis Ewbank says that during the development of the 737 MAX the plan maker rejected a safety system that might have prevented the fatal crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia in order to cut costs save time. Those two crashes claimed the lives of 346 people. According to the […]
Lawsuits Sure to Come Following Second Boeing Crash
Over 35 lawsuits have been filed against Boeing since the Lion Air crash on October 29, 2018 in Indonesia, and now more are sure to come following the horrifying crash on March 10 of yet another Boeing 737 MAX 8 jetliner, this time in Ethiopia killing everyone on board. In addition to the families of […]
Airplane Mechanics Concerned About Safety Issues
You take your car to a trusted mechanic because you have an oil leak. While the mechanic is working on fixing the oil leak, he notices a problem with your brakes that could lead to them failing at any moment. He continues fixing your oil leak but does nothing to repair your brakes and doesn’t […]
Lawsuit Blames Boeing for Air Disaster
Chicago-based airplane manufacturer Boeing has been blamed for the crash of a Lion Air flight in the Java Sea that killed all 189 people aboard on October 29, 2018. A wrongful death lawsuit, in the name of deceased passenger, Sudibyo Onggo Wardoyo, 40, of Jakarta, Indonesia, was filed in Cook County on December 24, 2018 on […]
Tricky Legal Issues in Product Liability Lawsuit against Aircraft Manufacturers
When someone is injured or killed in a plane crash, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) usually attributes the cause to “pilot error”. In some cases, however, the cause of the accident can be traced to a manufacturing defect in the aircraft itself. In these cases, under certain circumstances the manufacturer of the aircraft or a […]