From a Press Release from Air Jamaica Pilots Association: Organization says that lack of and/or unserviceable airport equipment combined with inclement weather could have seriously compromised the crew of American Airlines Flight 331, which crash landed in Jamaica last Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009 MIAMI, FL, December 29, 2009 — A former president of the Jamaica ...
It has been four days now and the news cycle has spun away from the American Flight 311 crash just short of the Caribbean Sea in Jamaica. Even Google can’t seem to find anything current. One might thus assume that no one was seriously hurt and it was a Christmas miracle. We hope so. But ...
People have two completely different images of air crashes. The most common is the complete catastrophe, fiery wreck, everyone dies. The other is Captain Sully’s, the miracle landing, heroic acts and everyone lives. There are air crashes in between. Years ago, we worked with the Nolan Law Group on one of those in between crashes, ...
I was once a news reporter and I understand the process of gathering news, but it is amusing in retrospect what the first reports of a major event look like. Take for example this story in the New York Times about the American Airlines Flight 311 crash in Jamaica on December 23: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/23/world/americas/23briefs-Jamaicabrf.html?scp=1&sq;=american%20airlines%20flight&st;=cse The story ...
Ten Feet. That is all that stood between a broken up airplane and the Caribbean Sea. 154 people on board that American Airlines Boeing 737 came that close to one more risk of life as the plane stopped just short of the ultimate mess. Yet looking at the photos of what is left of American ...
While I have been away from writing this blog, there has been more concussion news than I can remember. And as always, the real story usually gets lost in the headlines. Tiger Woods is a perfect example. From all bystander and news accounts, he was undoubtedly knocked out when his SUV hit a tree. Much ...