PPRuNe Radar
27th Aug 2000, 00:38
We regularly hear how great things are in the US aviation world, and why can't the UK adopt their practices. I am not sure we would like to face this sort of thing.
Courtesy of AirJet Airline World News
12:32 PM ET 08/25/00
American Airlines Cites Controller Error
DALLAS (AP) _ American Airlines, stung by an $11million jury award in its fatal Arkansas crash, has renewed efforts to blame an air traffic controller for passengers' deaths.
Lawyers for the Fort Worth, Texas-based airline, with separate filings in Little Rock and Dallas, contend that if controller
Kenneth Kaylor had performed his job correctly, Flight 1420 would have been turned away from Little Rock National Airport during the June 1, 1999, thunderstorm. Eleven people died and more than 80 were injured when the jet crashed during landing.
The airline claims the controller failed to give the pilots accurate information about the weather, runway condition and the
McDonnell Douglas MD-82's approach.
Kaylor has granted no interviews since the crash. The legal maneuvering came as a jury Thursday ordered American to pay $11 million to an an aspiring opera singer for injuries she suffered in the crash.
The lawsuit brought by Kristin Maddox was the first case dealing with the crash to go to trial. In it, Maddox alleged the airline was negligent for allowing the plane to land in bad weather. She had sought $35 million, saying damage to her voice box and hands ruined her dream of having a professional music career. American suggested an award of $3.6 million.
"This isn't over for the survivors for Flight 1420. This will never be over,'' said Maddox, 23. "I live with it every night in my dreams.''
An American Airlines statement said the company had no plans to appeal at this time. Maddox's attorneys said a decision on whether
to appeal was pending. Several other lawsuits related to the crash have been settled out of court, and others await trial.
The National Transportation Safety Board has not issued its final report on the cause of the crash. Among factors being considered are the poor weather, and whether the plane's braking mechanisms worked as they were supposed to after the plane touched down.
American's legal moves to include Kaylor in Texas and Arkansas lawsuits over the crash have angered current and former traffic
controllers who say it may cause a backlash from those with the ability to disrupt American's flight schedules.
But Doug Murphy, air traffic division manager for the Federal Aviation Administration's Southwest Region, said officials `won't tolerate punitive action against the airline'.
Be interesting to hear the RT transcript on that accident http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/frown.gif And with all the adverts for 'no win no fee' claims by ambulance chasing lawyers now appearing on UK TV, it could happen here.
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Courtesy of AirJet Airline World News
12:32 PM ET 08/25/00
American Airlines Cites Controller Error
DALLAS (AP) _ American Airlines, stung by an $11million jury award in its fatal Arkansas crash, has renewed efforts to blame an air traffic controller for passengers' deaths.
Lawyers for the Fort Worth, Texas-based airline, with separate filings in Little Rock and Dallas, contend that if controller
Kenneth Kaylor had performed his job correctly, Flight 1420 would have been turned away from Little Rock National Airport during the June 1, 1999, thunderstorm. Eleven people died and more than 80 were injured when the jet crashed during landing.
The airline claims the controller failed to give the pilots accurate information about the weather, runway condition and the
McDonnell Douglas MD-82's approach.
Kaylor has granted no interviews since the crash. The legal maneuvering came as a jury Thursday ordered American to pay $11 million to an an aspiring opera singer for injuries she suffered in the crash.
The lawsuit brought by Kristin Maddox was the first case dealing with the crash to go to trial. In it, Maddox alleged the airline was negligent for allowing the plane to land in bad weather. She had sought $35 million, saying damage to her voice box and hands ruined her dream of having a professional music career. American suggested an award of $3.6 million.
"This isn't over for the survivors for Flight 1420. This will never be over,'' said Maddox, 23. "I live with it every night in my dreams.''
An American Airlines statement said the company had no plans to appeal at this time. Maddox's attorneys said a decision on whether
to appeal was pending. Several other lawsuits related to the crash have been settled out of court, and others await trial.
The National Transportation Safety Board has not issued its final report on the cause of the crash. Among factors being considered are the poor weather, and whether the plane's braking mechanisms worked as they were supposed to after the plane touched down.
American's legal moves to include Kaylor in Texas and Arkansas lawsuits over the crash have angered current and former traffic
controllers who say it may cause a backlash from those with the ability to disrupt American's flight schedules.
But Doug Murphy, air traffic division manager for the Federal Aviation Administration's Southwest Region, said officials `won't tolerate punitive action against the airline'.
Be interesting to hear the RT transcript on that accident http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/frown.gif And with all the adverts for 'no win no fee' claims by ambulance chasing lawyers now appearing on UK TV, it could happen here.
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