Aviation accidents have been much in the news this last year, mainly because of high profile media attention on U.S. owned Boeing Corporation after the two crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia that led to the deaths of hundreds of innocent people. Despite the publicity, flying is still a lot safer than driving, or even using [...]
The injuries caused by sudden turbulence on Air Canada flight AC 33 between Vancouver and Sydney shows that aviation accidents are not always about crashes. Turbulence is a common phenomenon on long haul flights and airline staff are expected to give as much warning as possible to passengers and crew about the dangers involved if [...]
84 year old Hermitage resident, Dorothy Stockard, died when a small plane crash landed in a wheat field south of Kankakee in Illinois last Friday (July 5th). The other two occupants of the Beechcraft A36 Bonanza single engine aircraft, the pilot, Raymond Jakubiak and the other passenger, his wife, Wrenne Jakubiak, both from Naperville, IL, [...]
Electric powered scooters have caused huge consternation for city authorities wherever they have popped up. Seven e-scooter companies in Nashville have now been told that they cannot operate, following the first death of a scooter rider in the city. The decision has proved controversial, and it may only be temporary. Mayor Briley says that a [...]
Tire blow outs can happen either when a plane takes off or when it lands. What is the most dangerous? The latest aircraft accident that has happened, when a United Airlines Boeing 757-224 landed at Newark Liberty International Airport recently, underlined the fact that aircraft tires are important and when they blow, they can badly [...]
Slip and fall accidents are quite common and can happen at any time or place. We can't deny the fact that some of these accidents are due to our clumsiness, poor coordination or even dizziness. However, numerous cases are as a result of the negligent acts of others. Despite been wide awake, careful and cautious, [...]
Beleaguered Chicago based U.S. aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, is facing new problems that have surfaced with its fleet of grounded 737 Max airplanes. The discovery of faulty slat tracks by Boeing engineers and the FAA comes hard on the heels after the near certainty that the planes had been equipped with faulty software. This software malfunction [...]
Roundup, which is a weed killer produced by the company called Monsanto, is by far the most successful weed killer ever produced. From its inception, there were some concerns about it because of Monsanto being involved in the creation of Agent Orange which was used during the Vietnam war. Despite this fact, the company has [...]
Class action lawsuits have been filed in New York State against infant rocker manufacturer Fisher-Price and its parent company Mattel, alleging negligence, and that their product, Rock n Play, caused avoidable deaths amongst infants over the period the product was on sale. Fisher Price withdrew the product from sale in April this year after growing [...]
Monsanto, manufacturer of the well known herbicide Roundup, has lost a third court case against it. This time, the amount the company has been ordered to pay to a Californian couple is over 2 billion dollars, easily the largest of the three penalties awarded in the last eight months. The case was heard in the [...]