The FAA has heightened its scrutiny of airline companies after several years in a row of botched landings, hard landings, accidents on the tarmac and even several incidents of landing at the wrong airport.  There are several factors that could be at play here including: pilot inexperience; pilot’s lack of rest or sleep; over-reliance on electronic or automatic equipment; over-reliance on tower personnel; and a lack of corrective action against the pilots, tower crew and airlines once these accidents have occurred.

When the public thinks of airplane accidents, they think of aviation disasters, like the tragic one unfolding around Malaysian Airlines MH370. However, hundreds of people are injured every week when places lurch back suddenly from the gate, have hard landings (or controlled crashes) like Asiana Airlines in California or Southwest Flight 345 in LaGuardia, or experience terrifying turbulence in the air and are injured by flying or falling luggage or because the seat belt sign it off and they are under the impression it’s OK to move about freely.

We are currently representing several passengers injured in the Southwest Flight 345 hard landing in LaGuardia. If you’ve been injured in an airplane incident, give us a call. You are entitled to be compensated for your injury and losses.

Keith Williams