Aviation Law
Aviation Law
The right representation is key to a successful outcome in any type
of case. According to the National Air Traffic Controllers Association,
there are approximately 87,000 flights in domestic skies at any single
time, a third of which are commercial carriers. Our daily lives are
dependent on air travel. Whether for work, family or other personal
reasons, not a day passes when many of us or our loved ones embark on a
commercial flight. Although mass commercial disasters do not occur
often, which illustrates the safety regulations built into our national
aviation infrastructure, when accidents do happen, the tragedy is
immense. And, many times, the accidents are avoidable. Structural
defects, pilot error, maintenance deficiencies, design defects, air
traffic safety controller decisions and many other factors can
contribute to airliner crash. Isolating the cause or causes of a crash
is an immensely difficult job; however, there is an answer to that
question in nearly every case.
General aviation, including small private, commercial and corporate
flights, account for almost half of overall flight hours in the United
States. The variety of aircraft type and particular operational demands
make this an immensely complex area of aviation litigation.
Small planes and corporate or chartered jets harbor hazards that are
particular to their unique flight profile, operating procedure and
aircraft type. According to statistics complied by the National
Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the governmental department tasked
with investigating airplane crashes, flights in the general aviation
category have a higher percentage of fatal accidents per 100,000 flight
hours. Fatal accidents per 100,000 flight hours in general aviation
average to 1.45 over the last 20 years as compared to an average of
.017 when using the same computation for U.S. commercial air carriers.
The characteristics specific to small planes require crash
investigators to call on a different set of skills to evaluate the
causal factors in the crash. Moreover, these same characteristics may
necessitate small plane crash attorneys to alter their tack from the
strategy they would employ in a mass commercial plane crash. What
remains the same, across all plane crash cases, however, is that the
law firm representing the victims possesses the resources and
experience to thoroughly investigate all potential causes of the
accident on behalf of its clients.
The search for the cause of a small plane crash versus a major mass
commercial plane crash is where the complexity of general aviation
crash cases becomes apparent. Personnel experience, aircraft
maintenance and record-keeping may exist in the commercial environment
with more operational rigor than in the general aviation category.
While the same causes, structural defects, pilot error, maintenance
deficiencies, design defects, air traffic safety controller decisions,
and a host of other factors are often responsible, these additional
difficulties in the investigation are compounded with the existing
hurdles in any plane crash case. The wreckage of a plane crash impact
will usually obscure the cause of the accident as well.
For all of these reasons it is imperative that aviation crash victims
and their families retain the services of an experienced law firm that
has the resources required to prosecute a complex aviation case from
its initial stages to a satisfactory resolution. The Maridon Law Firm,
LLC, will fight for the victims and their families to recover fair and
just compensation for injuries they've suffered.
Call The Maridon Law Firm, LLC for a free consultation today.