Airline Accident Lawyers

Make / Model of Aircraft	Airline Flight	Location	Date	Casualties	Circumstances	Attorney
Aerospatiale Concorde	Air France Flight 4590	Paris, France	July, 2000	119	Crashed shortly after takeoff due to ruptured fuel tank.	Ladd Sanger*
Airbus A300B4-605R	American Airlines Flight 587	Belle Harbor, New York	November, 2001	265	Vertical stabilizer and rudder separated from aircraft. Slack & Davis represents more than 30 clients related to this disaster.	Mike Slack, Ladd Sanger
Airbus A320	Gulf Air Flight 72	Bahrain	August, 2000	143	Airbus crashed on approach.	Ladd Sanger*
Airbus A340-300	Lufthansa Flight 440	Landed in Houston, Texas after severe turbulence over Walnut Ridge, Arkansas+C30	August, 2003	46	Transatlantic flight from Frankfurt to Houston encountered severe turbulence over Arkansas; aircraft continued to Houston.	Ladd Sanger
ATR-72-212	American Eagle Flight 4184	Roselawn, Indiana	October, 1994	68	After circling Chicago O'Hare for an hour, ice built up on wings.	Mike Slack
BAE Jetstream 32	American Connection Flight 5966	Kirksville, Missouri	October, 2004	13	Plane crashed in woods short of airport. Slack & Davis successfully represented one of two survivors.	Mike Slack, Ladd Sanger, Donna Bowen
Beech 1900	U.S. Airways Express Flight 5481	Charlotte, North Carolina	January, 2003	21	Under investigation; overloading suspected.	Mike Slack
Beech Queen Air BE70	Universal Airways Flight 76 Air Taxi	Gulfport, Mississippi	March, 1979	8	Nose baggage door opened in flight and was struck by left propeller.	Tom Davis*
Boeing 737-200	AirTran Airways Flight 890	Atlanta, Georgia	November, 1998	13	Emergency landing and evacuation of aircraft.	Ladd Sanger*
Boeing 737-291	United Airlines Flight 585	Colorado Springs, Colorado	March, 1991	25	Unexpected reversal of the rudder.	Mike Slack, Tom Davis
Boeing 737-800	GOL Flight 1907	Azevedo, Brazil	September, 2006	154	Mid air collision between Gol flight 1907 and Embraer Legacy 600 jet over Amazon jungle	Ladd Sanger
Boeing 737-823	American Airlines Flight 331	Kingston, Jamaica	December, 2009	0	Pilot overran runway while landing at the Norman Manley International Airport. Numerous injuries.	Mike Slack, Ladd Sanger
Boeing 747-131	Trans World Airlines Flight 800	East Moriches, New York	July, 1996	230	Explosion of the center-wing fuel tank.	Ladd Sanger*
Boeing 767-366-ER	Egypt Air Flight 990	Nantucket Island	October, 1999	217	Crashed into the Atlantic due to the relief first officer's intentional flight control inputs.	Ladd Sanger*
Lockheed L-1011-385-1	Delta Flight 191	Dallas / Fort Worth Airport	August, 1985	163	Wind shear during violent thunderstorm. Firm represented the families of six deceased passengers.	Mike Davis, Tom Davis
McDonnell Douglas DC-9	AirTran Airways Flight 956	Atlanta, Georgia	November, 2000	13	Aircraft made an emergency landing.	Ladd Sanger*
McDonnell Douglas DC-9	Valujet Flight 592	Florida Everglades	May, 1996	110	Walter Hyatt, noted musician, died in this crash. Oxygen canisters that were mistakenly labeled "empty" exploded in cargo area during flight.	Mike Slack, Mike Davis
McDonnell Douglas MD-82	American Airlines Flight 1420	Little Rock, Arkansas	June, 1999	121	Pilot error. Recovery on behalf of clients is confidential.	Mike Slack

* Attorney initially handled claim while at a different law firm.

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