The pervasiveness of personal media devices in our society, from smart phones to tablets, isn't arguable. They're here and people use them often throughout their day, sometimes compulsively. We hear alot about the dangers of texting while driving. Studies show that people who are texting while driving are less able to navigate through a safety [...]
The FAA has heightened its scrutiny of airline companies after several years in a row of botched landings, hard landings, accidents on the tarmac and even several incidents of landing at the wrong airport. There are several factors that could be at play here including: pilot inexperience; pilot's lack of rest or sleep; over-reliance on [...]
In the audio, the tension in Harrison Ford's voice is chilling and it's not for the movie cameras - it was a life or death situation for the mega-movie star and amateur antique plane enthusiast. Ford had been seen flying around Venice California all week in the bright yellow and silver vintage training plane. He [...]
We know quite a bit from the NTSB already in this crash, which is a little unusual. In my legal experience of over 20 years, which includes handling airplane disasters, the NTSB tends to be pretty tight lipped about their findings until their investigation is complete. And those investigations always take many months and sometimes they take years. [...]