Plane Accidents
Air travel is deemed to be the safest form of transportation. In fact, chances of being killed in plane accident are about 1 in 11 million.
Traveling by plane is the fastest and the safest way of getting to your destination. However, in case of crash, the risks are greater and the stakes are higher as it involves the combination of high altitudes, high speeds and volatile chemicals.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reveals that air travel is expected to rise over the next 20 years. Consequently, increase in air traffic means increase in number of air accidents.
In case of plane accidents, the possibility of being alive is small. Victims who have survived suffer either extreme injury or trauma.
Surviving Plane Accidents
A good pilot, efficient crew, good weather condition and well-maintained and inspected plane are ways to a good and safe plane travel.
Some say that where you seat, what you wear and what you do would greatly make a difference. The following are helpful tips when boarding a plane:
- Wear comfortable clothes and shoes
- Get a seat near the exit or aisle and at the back of the plane
- Secure seatbelt properly
- Listen to the pre-flight instructions regarding safety information on how to put on the oxygen mask, how to wear the life vest and what to do during a crash
- Remain calm
Passengers in the tail of the plane have 40% higher chances of survival than those seated on the first few rows.
Litigating Plane Accident Claims
Plane accidents are often due to non-compliance with laws, rules and regulations on the safety and maintenance of the aircraft; negligence of the pilot or crew members or air traffic controller; or defective or poor equipment maintenance.
Regardless of the cause, victims and their loved ones have right to sue the airline company or the negligent party.
However, aviation law is complicated as it involves in interplay of the federal laws, state laws and other applicable international laws. The liability may be clear but as to whom said liability should be imputed is a big dilemma.
Moreover, airline companies have long been prepared for this kind of event that they already have contingency plans in case crash would happen. In fact, all of them have engaged the services of brilliant lawyers to defend claims against them.
Our Los Angeles lawyers have been giving more than a decade of aggressive legal representation to victims of personal injuries.
Our expertise in aviation law and legal skills and techniques has brought us to such level of excellence.
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