A Swiss International Air Lines cabin crew member on an airplane forced to make an emergency landing due to smoke inside the aircraft has died.
After a series of recent plane incidents across the region, including Tuesday’s runway overrun at Bowman Field, questions are being raised about what is causing them.
The family of flight paramedic Mickey Lippy is suing the FAA for negligent acts leading up to the crash on September 28, 2008, when Maryland State Police Trooper 2 (Eurocopter AS 365N1 Dauphin, N92MD) disappeared from radar and crashed. TFC Mickey Lippy, was one of the five people aboard. The others were Pilot Stephen Bunker, EMT Tonya Mallard (Waldorf Volunteer Fire Department), and two patients on board, one of whom survived.
According to the suit, the FAA visibility data was hours out of date, and ATC was unresponsive and inattentive.
The case seeks 15 million for mental anguish, emotional pain and suffering, loss of companionship and loss of parental care and a separate case is pending for $1 million on behalf of Lippy’s pain and suffering.
A small airplane went down during a late-night flight last week near Yellowstone National Park, claiming the lives of three people.
