Last week, a Southwest Airlines plane (Flight 1380) experienced major malfunctions, leading to a blown engine and a dislodged fan blade. The blade shattered a window, causing a woman to be partially sucked out and perish. The tragic event has led to a whole series of oversight questions, namely the following: why did this happen […]
Asbestos Finds Its Way into Modern Aircraft
Before the 1980s, aircraft mechanics worked with asbestos everyday. The material was used in nearly every engine component that was exposed to heat. Though asbestos has been banned from use in modern aircraft parts, some parts in circulation made before 1980 still contain asbestos. In an ideal world, mechanics would be able to know if […]
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 […]