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San Diego Montgomery-Gibbs Plane Crash: What the Flight Track Shows
A Cessna 172 similar to N734ZK in the approach-to-landing configuration. Aviation Law Group is deeply saddened by Monday's crash at Montgomery Field (MYF). One of our attorneys spent several years at MYF as a flight instructor, and the people who fly out of that...
What We Know So Far About the Amazon Prime Air Boeing 767 Overrun at Miami International
A first look at the airplane, the operator, the runway, the weather record, and how a 767 stops Analysis by Attorney and Former Commercial Airline Captain and Chief Pilot Christopher Rusing; and by Attorney and Commercial Airline Pilot Brendan Keegan The attorneys at...
Cape Newenham Airport Environment Created A Dangerous “Point Of No Return”
Cape Newenham Airport leaves little room for error. Aviation Law Group examines the treacherous terrain, steep runway, poor visibility, and critical decisions surrounding the August 20 Security Aviation crash in southwest Alaska.
Cessna Conquest Crash Near Cape Newenham: What We Know and the Questions Investigators Must Answer
by Chris Rusing | August 21, 2026 | Accident, Alaska Accident We are saddened to hear about the crash of a chartered Cessna 441 Conquest near Cape Newenham in western Alaska on Thursday, August 20, 2026, which tragically took eight lives. Our thoughts are with the...
Kenmore Air Floatplane Crash Near Sucia Island: What We Know and the Questions Investigators Must Answer
by Aviation Law Group Our hearts are with everyone impacted by Thursday's crash near Sucia Island. For the ten passengers and the pilot aboard Kenmore Air Flight 140, N709KA, what began as an ordinary summer flight over the San Juans became a frightening emergency,...
Delta Flight 56 Lawsuit Alleges Aircraft Flew Into Known Convective Weather With Seatbelt Sign Off
Air traffic control warned the crew that dangerous convective weather was directly ahead. Yet with the seatbelt sign off, and beverage service underway, Flight 56 continued into the storm. Afterward, instead of landing at a closer, more suitable airport, Delta continued to a hub while injured passengers and crew waited for help.
The Butler Skydiving Crash: The Questions That Will Actually Determine What Happened
The skydiving and aviation community lost twelve of our own this month. On the morning of Sunday, June 14, 2026, a single-engine turboprop carrying eleven skydivers and a pilot went down moments after takeoff from Butler Memorial Airport in Butler, Missouri. No one on...
Kauai Sightseeing Flight Accident Causes Continued Concerns About Hawaii Scenic Flight Safety
The lawyers at Aviation Law Group are saddened to hear of yet another fatal helicopter accident in Hawaii involving an Airborne Aviation helicopter sightseeing flight, which occurred...
Air Canada Express Flight 8646 Collision at LaGuardia: Early Facts and All Too Familiar Recurring Runway Safety Issues
The deadly runway collision at LaGuardia involving Air Canada Express Flight 8646 highlights growing concerns over airport congestion, controller workload, and runway safety. As the NTSB investigation unfolds, critical questions remain about how this preventable tragedy occurred.