Alaska Airlines Flight 1282: New Airplanes Should Not Lose Parts In Flight

by Robert Hedrick | Jan 6, 2024 | Accident, Commercial Aviation Accident

On Friday, January 5, 2024, Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 had a normal departure and climb-out from Portland en route to Ontario, California. There were 171 passengers on board, with six crewmembers.  As the 737 Max was ascending through 16,000 feet, traveling at...

HA35 Flight Crew Told Passengers It Was OK To Get Out Of Seats Right Before Turbulence

by Casey Dubose | May 18, 2023 | Accident, Commercial Aviation Accident, Hawaii Accident

Many of the passengers of Hawaiian Airlines Flight 35, which flew into severe turbulence on December 18, 2022, report that right before the turbulence hit, the airline crew announced that they were approaching Honolulu and that it was OK to use the bathroom and get up...

Hawaiian Airlines Flight 35: Severe Turbulence Must Be Avoided At All Costs

by Robert Hedrick | Dec 20, 2022 | Commercial Aviation Accident, Hawaii Accident

Our hearts go out to the passengers and crew injured on Sunday, December 18, 2022, while flying on Hawaiian Airlines Flight HA35 from Phoenix to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu. Unfortunately, the Airbus 330 airplane they were riding in struck...

FAA Emergency AD For De Havilland Otters Raises Questions

by Robert Hedrick | Oct 17, 2022 | Commercial Aviation Accident, Mutiny Bay

On October 4, 2022 the FAA issued emergency airworthiness directive (AD) 2022-21-51, which requires almost immediate inspection of the left elevator auxiliary spar of De Havilland Otter DHC-3 aircraft. While it is not known if this is related to the Northwest...

Boeing 737-8 Crashes in China

by Casey Dubose | Mar 21, 2022 | Accident, Commercial Aviation Accident

China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 crashed en route from Kunming to Guangzhou with 132 souls on board today. The aircraft is a B737-8 that was first delivered in 2015 and built-in Renton Washington. It is not a 737 MAX aircraft. The flight profile shows an...

Does 5G Wireless Technology Really Create An Aviation Safety Hazard? 

by Chris Rusing | Feb 18, 2022 | Commercial Aviation Accident

By Chris Rusing, Attorney, Aviation Law Group The answer is YES! 5G wireless technology is the planned successor to 4G broadband telecommunication cellular networks that provides cellphone network services to most current cell phones. Like 4G networks, 5G networks are...