Aviation

Family members who lost loved ones in the crash of a Boeing 737 Max8 jet in Ethiopia attended a hearing on December 11, 2019 on Capitol Hill where Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) head Stephen Dickson testified. “The courage of these families is unsurpassed,” said aviation attorney Bob Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices who was appointed Lead Counsel in the litigation regarding the crash in Ethiopia. “In an effort to make the…

About a dozen family members who lost loved ones in the crash of a Boeing 737 Max8 jet in Ethiopia are expected to attend a hearing Wednesday (Dec. 11, 2019) on Capitol Hill when Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) head Stephen Dickson is expected to testify. The House Infrastructure and Transportation Committee has called the hearing at 10 a.m. to hear for the first time from the newly-appointed head of the agency that decides when the…

The parents of Samya Rose Stumo who was killed in the Boeing crash of a 737 MAX8 plane in Ethiopia March 10 and others are speaking out on statements made by newly appointed Boeing Chairman of the Board David Calhoun about the company having done “everything right” after two crashes of the plane. Calhoun made the statements (Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019) to CNBC, but Michael Stumo, Samya’s father, and Nadia Milleron, her mother, state that…

Nearly 20 family members from several countries who lost loved ones in the Boeing crash in Ethiopia met with Boeing executives, including CEO Dennis Muilenburg, on Tuesday, October 29, 2019. Timothy Keating, Executive Vice President of Boeing’s Government Operations, was part of the meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the families’ priorities of funding philanthropic efforts. The family members attended a 10 a.m. hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee and also attended…

Nearly 20 family members from several countries who lost loved ones in the Boeing crash in Ethiopia earlier this year will be attending hearings scheduled this week before Congress where Boeing’s top executives are scheduled to testify. Family members just returned from Ethiopia where they collected the remains of those who died in the March 10 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max8 jet. They traveled this weekend to the nation’s capital to attend a…

As family members return with remains from Ethiopia following the crash of the 737 Max8 jet on March 10, 2019, some call for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to terminate Boeing’s Organization Designation Authorization (ODA). Under federal law, the ODA program is the means by which the FAA grants designee authority to organizations or companies related to issuing certificates, or related to the examination, testing and inspection necessary to issue a certificate on behalf of…

Lead Counsel of Boeing Crash in Ethiopia Says NTSB Safety Recommendations Come Too Late; Robert Clifford Concerned NTSB Safety Recommendations Are Insufficient And Don’t Include Input From Airline Pilot or Accident Victim Organizations – Looks Forward to October 30 Congressional Hearing on 737 MAX In the wake of the seven recommendations released September 26th by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) regarding the 737 MAX plane, the Lead Counsel for the families of the victims…

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Steve Dickson will meet with about 50 international regulators from around the world to a briefing on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019 on the status of the Boeing 737 Max8 in Montreal, Canada. The meeting reportedly is scheduled to take place at 3:30 p.m. (EST) at the International Air Transport Association (IATA), 800 Rue du Square-Victoria, Montreal. Just prior to this meeting, Dickson is scheduled to meet with family members from…

On September 17, 2019, Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices in Chicago, was named Lead Counsel in the U.S. federal district court litigation involving the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302’s Boeing 737 Max8 jet on March 10, 2019, in Ethiopia. The consolidated litigation includes 97 currently-filed individual lawsuits filed thus far in U.S. District Court in Chicago against Chicago-based Boeing and other defendants including airline parts manufacturers and aircraft designers. U.S….