12-06-2006
TSB wants safer rules for Cessna 208 cargo planes
Canadian Press
Updated: Wed. Dec. 6 2006 10:32 PM ET
WINNIPEG — The Transportation Safety Board is renewing its call for all Cessna 208 cargo planes to be grounded in anything but light icing conditions after ice was identified as the main cause of a fatal crash near downtown Winnipeg last fall.

08-29-2006
Crew member voiced concern about lack of runway lights
By Jon Hilkevitch and Charles Sheehan
Chicago Tribune
LEXINGTON, Ky. - The co-pilot of a Comair commuter jet was at the controls accelerating the plane down a runway too short for a successful takeoff when he or the captain voiced concern there were no lights bordering the airstrip, according to a cockpit voice recording that accident investigators described Monday.

08-29-2006
Service Thursday for Plainwell couple who died in air crash
By Rex Hall Jr.
rhall@kalamazoogazette.com 388-7784
A Plainwell couple killed in a plane crash near Ormond Beach, Fla., will be remembered Thursday during a service at Richland Bible Church.

08-29-2006
Pilots Of Comair Jet Had Voiced Concerns Prior To Crash
Story by The Regional News Service
Published August 29, 2006
(Lexington, KY) The pilots of a Comair commuter jet accelerating down a runway too short for a successful takeoff voiced concern there were no lights bordering the airstrip, according to a cockpit voice recording that accident investigators described Monday night.

08-29-2006
Pilots missed clues in fatal crash
By Jon Hilkevitch and Charles Sheehan, Tribune staff reporters
Published August 29, 2006
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The pilots of a Comair commuter jet accelerating down a runway too short for a successful takeoff voiced concern there were no lights bordering the airstrip, according to a cockpit voice recording that accident investigators described Monday night.

08-27-2006
Law firm says plane unsafe Authorities say weather likely caused crash that killed Plainwell couple
By Stephanie Esters
Sunday, August 27, 2006
The type of airplane that crashed in Florida on Friday afternoon, killing a Plainwell couple, is the subject of a lawsuit by a Chicago law firm.

08-27-2006
Commuter jet Comair Flight 5191 taking off for Atllanta crashed just passed the runway
LEXINGTON, KY. -- A commuter jet mistakenly trying to take off on a runway that was too short crashed into a field yesterday and burst into flames, killing 49 people and leaving the lone survivor -- a co-pilot -- in critical condition.

08-27-2006
Commuter jet Comair Flight 5191 taking off for Atllanta crashed just passed the runway
August 27, 2006
Nolan Law Press Release
LEXINGTON, KY. -- A commuter jet mistakenly trying to take off on a runway that was too short crashed into a field yesterday and burst into flames, killing 49 people and leaving the lone survivor -- a co-pilot -- in critical condition.

04-19-2006
Chicago court to hear Air Philippines lawsuit; Gov. Piñol here to pursue case
04/19/2006
By Ted Regencia - PINOY Newsmagazine
CHICAGO, IL — Family members of the victims of Air Philippines Flight 541 disaster, cleared a legal hurdle after a Chicago appeals court recently allowed their lawsuit to be heard through the courts here.

03-29-2006
Chicago court to hear Air Philippines lawsuit
03/29/2006
Ted Regencia
CHICAGO, IL — Family members of the victims of Air Philippines Flight 541 disaster, cleared a l hurdle after a Chicago appeals court allowed their lawsuit to be heard through the courts here.

04-04-2006
Survivors solicit that the government of Peru gives answers on the accident...
04/04/2006
Source: Reuters
Survivors solicit that the government of Peru gives answers on the plane crash of TANS Peru in 2005; The victims request that they occur to know the recordings voice of the cabin and the recordings of data of the flight

04-03-2006
Fears about O'Hare's Essential Safety Systems
By Donald J. Nolan
Nolan Law Group
Thanks to some quick reaction by an alert controller and a pilot, O'Hare International passengers narrowly averted disaster thrice in one week. This recent surge in dangerous runway incursions at O’Hare comes as no surprise, but it does not make the situation any less alarming. These and the many similar incidents are a threat to you, me, our families and the rest of the flying public. Especially with the ongoing construction at O’Hare, action needs to be taken now to incorporate available technology to prevent these incursions and the otherwise inevitable disaster.

04-01-2006
Suit claims plane flawed in '04 crash
By Jack Dew
Berkshire Eagle Staff
Brian Templeton was born to fly, his mother says, and at the age of 3 or 4, he was already talking about becoming a pilot.

Templeton's dream turned into a nightmare on March 25, 2004, when his twin-engine cargo plane crashed in a Pittsfield field. He was killed on impact, and a subsequent federal investigation found that the aircraft had plummeted 12,000 feet in less than a minute.

03-27-2006
FAA Proposes Checks Of MU-2B
AVWeb
By Mary Grady, Newswriter, Editor
The FAA last week issued a proposed Airworthiness Directive that would affect certain Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) MU-2B series airplanes. The proposed AD aims to detect and correct improper rigging of the propeller feathering linkage.

03-12-2006
Philippine airliner crash victims' relatives to sue US firm
AFX News Limited
March 13, 2006
DAVAO, Philippines (AFX) - Relatives of 131 passengers and crew who died when their Boeing airliner crashed near here in 2000 said they will sue a US airline support company that leased the ill-fated aircraft to a Philippine airline.

03-11-2006
Plane crash victim's lawyers to pursue case
PI News Releases
March 11, 2006
Davao City (11 March) -- After getting an approval from the Illinois Appellate Court to hear the clash suit in Chicago, The appointed lead counsel of the victims of Air Philippines 541 that crashed in Samal City six years ago. The Nolan Law Group will pursue adjudication process to prove the negligence of the aircraft leasing company.

12-17-2005
NTSB recommends changes to prevent more Cessna crashes
The Wichita Eagle (Wichita, Kansas) December 17, 2004
Byline: Molly McMillin
Citing a history of ice-related crashes, the National Transportation saftey board is recommending immediate changes in operating procedures for the Cessna 208 Caravan aircraft.

12-12-2005
Caravan Icing Suits Consolidated
from The Aviation Publishing Group. December 12, 2005
Story by Russ Niles, Newswriter, Editor
Lawsuits are mounting against Cessna over the performance of its Caravan turboprop singles in icing conditions.

10-02-2005
From Sun.Star Davao (Phillipines Daily Newspaper)
Kin of flight 541 victims win case vs plane suppliers

RELATIVES of the victims of Air Philippines Flight 541 that crashed in April 2000 scored another victory in their case against American companies AAR and Fleet after the Illinois Supreme Court denied the defendants' request to appeal an earlier decision to have the case tried in Chicago.

AAR and Fleet are the suppliers of ill-fated plane to Air Philippines.

The Circuit Court of Cook County, where the case was filed by Chicago-based Nolan Law Group on behalf of the victims' families, earlier ruled against the defendants' argument that the case should be tried in the Philippines. This decision was later affirmed by the Appeals Court.

01-13-2006
Air Carrier was Reckless, suit charges in Bahamas-bound sea Plane Crash
Carribean Net News
Friday January 13, 2006
CHICAGO, USA -- Representing three of the victims in the crash of a seaplane off the coast of Miami on December 19, 2005, Nolan Law Group files complaints on Thursday in Federal Court for the Southern district of Florida.

01-06-2006
Southwest Passenger In Runway Tragedy Speaks Out
CBS2 Chicago - Chicago,IL,USA
... "This was a tragedy. It could have been a much worse tragedy, but it was a 100 percent preventable tragedy," said Tom Lyons with the Nolan Law Group. ...

12-26-2005
Suit Launched in Midway Crash
from the Aviation Publishing Group. December 26, 2005
Story by Russ Niles, Newswriter, Editor
A Chicago Lawfirm that specializes in aviation-related suits has announced it's launching an action against both Southwest Airlines and the City of Chicago over an accident that occured earlier this month at Midway Airport (which is owned by the city).

03-05-2006
RP man injured in crash sues Air France
By MARY CALLAHAN
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Naim Ayat's back and neck still ache from the afternoon last summer when his flight skidded off a Toronto runway in a raging thunderstorm.

All 309 people aboard survived and Ayat, a retired auto dealer from Rohnert Park, said he helped about 100 people escape before he went down an emergency chute.

02-20-2006
Lease of Aging Planes Leading to Lawsuits
National Law Journal
February 20, 2006
A growing number of lawsuits are alleging that aviation companies are dumping old and unsafe airplanes on Third World countries.

Some of the suits charge the companies with leasing planes to startup airlines that lack proper training to operate them safely.

01-15-2006
FAA Orders Cessna to improve 208, 208B Caravans
The Wichita Eagle -- Wichita, Kansas
January 15, 2006
The Federal Aviation Administration issued an airworthiness directive last week for Cessna Aircraft's model 208 and 208B Caravans.

01-14-2006
Bimini Landmark Destroyed
http://www.jonesbahamas.com/
Story by Macushia N. Pinder -- January 14, 2006
Still reeling from the shock of last month's tragic fiery Chalk's plane crash that snuffed the lives of 11 of their loved ones, Biminites are now grappling to accept another devastating blow after an early morning fire gutted one of the Island's main economic and historical hotspots and possibly killed a resident.

01-13-2006
3 Bahamian Victims' families sue Chalk's airline
The Miami Herald
Story by Jack Dolan -- January 13, 2006
Families of 3 victims of Chalk's Flight 101 are suing the airline, a Texas company that installed more powerful engines on the doomed plane and a Connecticut firm that owned the plane.