Aviation

An elderly man from Nigeria visiting his family in Chicago had to spend two nights in the hospital after reportedly being injured by airline employees as he traveled Wednesday from Dubai to O’Hare Airport. The family of 72-year-old David Okesone reportedly unknowingly sat in the wrong seat on the leg of his trip on Flight EK235 from Dubai to Chicago, and his family said when he tried to move his carry-on bag to be with…

Four people are recovering following a plane crash Monday evening at Chicago Rockford International Airport. Two of the people in the plane had to be extricated, including the pilot. All of the injured, including two minors, were taken to local hospitals. Rockford was the plane’s final destination. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are investigating the cause of the crash. The plane apparently clipped the fencing surrounding the airport…

Clifford Law Offices is one of the nation’s premier aviation law firms. Our aviation accident practice group is among the most experienced in the world. Our firm consistently garners multi-million-dollar settlements and verdicts in aviation litigation. Robert A. Clifford, Founder and Senior Partner at Clifford Law Offices, has represented victims and victim’s families for four decades in nearly every major commercial airline crash in the country. We handle all types of aviation crashes – Commercial…

An investigation is ongoing regarding the crash of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Flight PK-661 that fell from nearly 14,000 feet killing all aboard Wednesday (Dec. 7, 2016). Most of the 47 people were burned so badly that their remains will be sent to labs for DNA testing for identification. Although some media reports indicate that the left engine of the ATR-42 aircraft malfunctioned in flight and exploded, damaging a wing, the PIA has not confirmed…

A nation, indeed the world, mourns the loss of nearly an entire professional soccer team in the horrifying crash into a mountainside as the aircraft apparently ran out of fuel on its way to a South American tournament in Columbia, just five miles from the airport. Electrical failure also is being investigated in the early days as experts search for clues to the cause of the crash. One moment images are flashed across the television…

A “litany of errors” is what the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) today (Oct. 18, 2016) called the probable cause of a small plane that crashed in Akron, Ohio, last year killing all nine aboard, including seven executives from Florida. ExecuFlight 1526, a charter company based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, crashed into an apartment building on November 10, 2015. No one on the ground was injured. NTSB investigators told the board that the pilots did…

Four major airlines, including American, United and Southwest, were fined Friday (Aug. 26, 2016) by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for allegedly misleading passengers about the compensation they provide when problems arise, including being bumped from flights. Clifford Law Offices is often contacted by people after they are told outdated information on what they can recover after they suffer lost baggage or get bumped from flights -whether it be mechanical issues or other non-weather…

Clifford Law Offices represented 18 families who were victims of the Turkish Air crash of Flight 1951 at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam on Feb. 25, 2009, that killed nine passengers and crew members. The most recent commercial jet crash at Dubai International Airport is eerily similar – with 300 people miraculously escaping with their lives, sprinting on the runway after the Emirates plane reportedly exploded after landing. Emirates is the Middle East’s largest airline. Six…

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a video that highlights the crucial role that procedural compliance plays in commercial aviation safety. The nine-minute video, released Dec. 3, 2015, uses findings from several commercial airplane crashes to show how deviation from standard operating procedures can initiate a chain of events that can lead to devastating consequences for innocent people. “Aviation flight operating procedures are developed and refined to provide repeatable steps for safely flying a…