Aviation News, Headlines & Alerts
 
Air Yemenia Crash: Americans Strike Back

Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /home/airflight/www/www/wp-content/themes/fluida/includes/loop.php on line 270

Air Yemenia Crash: Americans Strike Back

Air Crash Consultants, mandated by 35 families, will be in Marseille on Saturday.

by
Denis TROSSERO (dtrossero@laprovence-presse.fr)

Sept mois après le crash du vol 626 de la compagnie aérienne
Yemenia au large de la Grande Comore, le 29 juin 2009, qui a tué 152 de ses 153 passagers, dont 66 Français, les Américains tentent d’ouvrir une brèche dans le dispositif d’indemnisation.

Seven months after the crash of Yemenia flight 626 off Grande Comore, on June 29, 2009, which killed 152 of its 153 passengers, including 66 French, the Americans are trying to open a breach in the compensation scheme.

Le cabinet d’avocats américain Masry et Vititoe et la société Air Crash Consultants, spécialisée dans les crashs aériens, qui affirment défendre à ce jour 35 des familles de victimes, multiplient les efforts et les investigations sur le territoire américain pour mettre au jour toutes les responsabilités.

American Law firm Masry & Vititoe and Air Crash Consultants, a US firm specialized in air crashes, who claim to defend 35 families of victims to this day, are increasing efforts and investigations in the U.S. to uncover all responsibilities.

Selon George Hatcher, le président d’Air Crash Consultants, que nous avons pu joindre hier à Los Angeles, “le premier but, c’est d’obtenir une indemnisation en urgence pour les familles, car certaines n’ont toujours rien reçu”. On sait les problèmes majeurs qui se sont très vite posés dans l’établissement des certificats de décès, dès lors que les personnes ont été portées disparues sans que leurs corps ne soient retrouvés.

According to George Hatcher, Air Crash Consultants’ president, who we have been able to reach yesterday in L.A, « our first goal is to obtain urgent financial compensation for the families, as some of them haven’t received anything yet. » We know the major problems that have quickly arisen to issue the death certificates, when people were missing without their bodies being found.

“On est en train d’étudier toutes les preuves, car aux États-Unis, l’éventail des responsabilités est très varié. On va au-delà du fabricant de l’avion. On peut mettre en cause la banque qui a permis d’opérer l’avion. Même s’il y a eu une erreur de pilotage, ce n’est jamais à 100% une erreur de pilotage”, assure M. Hatcher.

We are studying all the evidence, because in the United States, the range of responsibilities is very varied. It goes beyond the airplane manufacturer. The bank which has allowed to operate the aircraft can be liable. Even if there was pilot error, it is never 100% pilot error, says Mr. Hatcher.

“L’avion avait dix-neuf ans d’âge. Il était mal entretenu par la compagnie. Et il possédait pas mal de composants américains.” Les fabricants pourraient ainsi être mis en cause, de même que la compagnie qui a opéré l’avion, si l’on en croit M. Hatcher, la banque International Leasing Finance Corporation (ILFC), basée à Los Angeles.

“The plane was nineteen years old. It was poorly maintained by the company. And it had a lot of U.S. components.” Manufacturers could be liable, as the company that operated the plane, if we are to believe Mr. Hatcher, the International Leasing Finance Corporation (ILFC), based in Los Angeles.

Leur enquête ira-t-elle jusqu’à mettre en cause la responsabilité du constructeur Airbus ? Air Crash Consultants se targue d’avoir enquêté depuis 45 ans sur 29 cas différents de crashs aériens qualifiés de “morts injustes”et d’être consultant pour les quatre plus grands cabinets d’avocats au monde versés dans les “cas aériens”.

Will their investigation even call into question the responsibility of the Airbus manufacturer? Air Crash Consultants claims to have investigated in the past 45 years on 29 different cases of air crashes classified as “wrongful death” and being a consultant for the four largest law firms in the world specialized into “air crash cases “.

“Si on avait découvert qu’il n’y avait pas d’autres responsabilités en jeu, on aurait arrêté les investigations, insiste M. Hatcher, car elles nécessitent d’importants apports financiers.” Elle espère ainsi trouver des failles et engager des actions aux États-Unis. Le cabinet américain Masry et Vititoe a aussi assigné en référé devant la justice française la compagnie Yemenia.

“If we had discovered that there were no other responsibilities involved, we would have stopped the investigation, Mr. Hatcher insists, because it requires important financial contributions.” The firm hopes to find weaknesses and move the case to the United States. The U.S. firm Masry and Vititoe has also given summons to Yemenia Airways to appear before hearing in front of Mister Chairman of the Supreme Court of Paris.

George Hatcher s’interroge sur la différence de célérité déployée selon les conventions internationales applicables. Les victimes du vol AF447 Rio-Paris du 1er juin auraient ainsi été indemnisées plus rapidement, parce qu’il s’agit de deux pays riches qui avaient ratifié la Convention de Montréal. Pour tenter de faire avancer les choses, George Hatcher sera samedi à Marseille, où il doit rencontrer les familles des victimes.

George Hatcher questioned the difference in the speed of action taken depending on which international conventions apply. The victims of flight Rio-Paris AF447 on June, 1 have received immediate provisional compensation, because Brazil and France are two rich countries that had ratified the Montreal Convention. To try to move things forward, George Hatcher will be in Marseille on Saturday, where he will meet the families of victims.

To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.



Passengers flying to Newark, New Jersey ‘horrified’ by liquid leaking from plane’s restroom

Passengers flying to Newark, New Jersey ‘horrified’ by liquid leaking from plane’s restroom
Video captured by a passenger shows the liquid first trickling and then streaming down the aisle, soaking the carpeting.

Read More

To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.



Georgia man says he was only offered a sandwich after plane broken into at John C. Tune

Georgia man says he was only offered a sandwich after plane broken into at John C. Tune
Middle Tennessee sees no shortage of car break-ins, but plane break-ins are more rare. However, the Metro Nashville Airport Authority told News 2 a suspect was taken into custody in Missouri for st…

Read More

To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.



Crew of fuel plane reported fire just before fatal crash near Fairbanks

Crew of fuel plane reported fire just before fatal crash near Fairbanks
Federal officials say the two people aboard the cargo plane reported the fire moments after takeoff and requested to return to the Fairbanks airport.

Read More

To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.



Pilot reported fire on fuel-laden plane and tried to return to airport before deadly Alaska crash

Pilot reported fire on fuel-laden plane and tried to return to airport before deadly Alaska crash
A federal aviation official says one of the two pilots of an airplane that was laden with fuel reported a fire on board shortly before the aircraft crashed and burned

Read More

To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.



Feds Settle Case for $2 Million After Skydiving Plane Took Out Marine Corps Osprey on Runway

Feds Settle Case for  Million After Skydiving Plane Took Out Marine Corps Osprey on Runway
Nearly four years after a civilian skydiving aircraft collided with a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey sitting on a San Diego runway, the U.S. government has settled the civil case after suing the businesses involved for damages

Read More

To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.



UNC doctor and pilot hospitalized after small medical plane crashes

UNC doctor and pilot hospitalized after small medical plane crashes
The single-engine plane crashed just after 10am on Wednesday morning on a secondary runway near Terminal 1 at the North Carolina airport.

Read More

To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.



Plane at Hokkaido airport emits smoke, no injuries reported

Plane at Hokkaido airport emits smoke, no injuries reported
An All Nippon Airways aircraft carrying a total of 211 people landed safely at an airport in Hokkaido in northern Japan, despite smoke emitting from one of its wings.

Read More

To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.



Two feared dead in Alaska cargo plane crash – authorities

Two feared dead in Alaska cargo plane crash – authorities
Two people were feared dead after a rare cargo plane crashed in the far north of the United States on Tuesday, troopers in Alaska said.

Read More

To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.



Alaska plane crash: Two feared dead after fiery crash near river – Washington Examiner

Alaska plane crash: Two feared dead after fiery crash near river – Washington Examiner
Two people are feared dead after a plane crashed in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Tuesday.

Read More

To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.



Plane crashes into river in Alaska

Plane crashes into river in Alaska
It is not known yet how many people were on board.

Read More

To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.



Plus-size plane passenger praised for refusing to give up extra seat she paid for to a toddler

Plus-size plane passenger praised for refusing to give up extra seat she paid for to a toddler
The plus-size passenger refused to give up an extra seat on a plane to a toddler.

Read More

To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.



Russia suspected of jamming 46K flights over Europe

Russia suspected of jamming 46K flights over Europe
Report says Russia may be behind GPS interference over Baltic Sea since last August

Read More

To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.



Two injured after Bonza plane cockpit fills with smoke

Two injured after Bonza plane cockpit fills with smoke
Emergency services were called to Sunshine Coast Airport after reports there was smoke coming from the cockpit of a Bonza plane on Tuesday afternoon.

Read More

To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.



Qantas retrofits first plane for Viasat international wi-fi

Qantas retrofits first plane for Viasat international wi-fi
VH-EBN (pictured) is the first of Qantas’ A330-200LR aircraft to be upgraded with Viasat-capable wi-fi antennae, and is expected to finish its three-week retrofitting this week. The remainder of Qantas’ international widebody fleet will be progressively refitted over the next couple of years.

Read More

To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.



One dead after plane crash at Spicewood Airport

One dead after plane crash at Spicewood Airport

Read More

To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.



2 Navy pilots killed as training aircraft crashes in Cavite

2 Navy pilots killed as training aircraft crashes in Cavite
MANILA – Two Philippine Navy (PN) aviators were killed after a training aircraft they were flying crashed in Cavite province on Thursday. In a statement, PN spokesperson Commander John Percie Alcos said the Robinson R-22 trainer helicopter with tail number NHT-421 tried to make an emergency…

Read More

To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.



Cleaning up and replacing the barrier wrecked by the I-75 Collier County plane crash

Cleaning up and replacing the barrier wrecked by the I-75 Collier County plane crash
Debris and damage left behind more than two months after a plane crashed on Interstate 75 in Collier County.

Read More

To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.



For The ‘Crazy Plane Lady’ Opportunity Is The Mother Of Reinvention

For The ‘Crazy Plane Lady’ Opportunity Is The Mother Of Reinvention
Social media does enable those who have had their proverbial 15 minutes of fame to get an extension.

Read More

To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.



Massive alligator blocks plane at Air Force base in Florida, fights with wildlife officers

Massive alligator blocks plane at Air Force base in Florida, fights with wildlife officers
An alligator caused some trouble after it decided to wander onto the runway at MacDill Air Force Base Monday morning.

Read More

To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.



No Injuries Reported in Talkeetna Plane Crash

No Injuries Reported in Talkeetna Plane Crash
A Cessna 120 single-engine plane took off from the Talkeetna airport after 2 p.m. on Sunday. The pilot lost power shortly after takeoff and was able to steer the plane…

Read More

To include the featured image in your Twitter Card, please tap or click their icon a second time.



Content not attributed to or linked to original, is the property of AirFlightDisaster.com; all rights reserved.

Site Credits