Airplane Crashes Offer Special Challenge For Victims Seeking Justice For Negligence

Airplane Crashes Offer Special Challenge For Victims Seeking Justice For Negligence

By Terry Cochran

For many decades to come the most vivid scene of an airplane crash will be the two planes crashing into the Twin Towers on 9-11.

But for many decades to come thousands of people will die in airplane crashes without any vivid recollection of the crash. Plane crashes are common enough in daily news reports that it seems one crash looks much like another.

Given the nature of flight, there is a greater likelihood of death when in a plane crash than in an automobile crash. Because car crashes are more frequent, and impact people we know, most Americans realize that negligent drivers who injure or kill someone will be held liable.

Given the nature of airplane crashes, most American don't realize with the same certainty that negligence shown by airline carriers also will be held liable.

Commercial airlines can and should be held liable when passengers are injured or killed by a plane crash. But persons injured by an airplane crash, or surviving family members, face special challenges in seeking justice, but can be assured that a just settlement will be negotiated by competent, knowledgeable legal counsel.

When an airplane crashes discovering what caused the crash is a challenge because much of the evidence likely will have been destroyed, including indications of pilot error or mechanical failure. Pilot error is the most common cause of airplane accidents. Others are extreme weather conditions, mechanical failures, and design flaws.

Evidence available at the crash site must be gathered and analyzed so that the cause of the crash can be determined. Once the cause is known, an attorney can determine whether there is a basis for a lawsuit.

For this reason, as soon as you or a loved one are involved in an airplane accident you should contact an attorney who has the special knowledge needed to make sure all necessary evidence has been gathered and to determine what legal action should be taken to protect your interests and future.

An attorney can collect damages for your family by proving that the airlines and/or pilot were negligent. A pilot is negligent when he or she fails to exercise reasonable care in transporting passengers or behaves in a manner that knowingly will endanger passengers.