In the wake of the second Boeing 737 Max8 crash in Ethiopia that killed 157 people from 35 countries, family and friends of 52 of the victims sent a letter Tuesday (Aug. 6, 2019) to the heads of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the US Department of Transportation asking for a full regulatory review of the aircraft before it is ungrounded. The families were joined by 109 relatives and friends of another 30 victims…
The mother and brother of Ethiopian Air crash victim Samya Stumo were at Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Headquarters in Washington DC on August 1st, 2019, in protest of comments made yesterday at a US Senate hearing by Ali Bahrami, the FAA’s associate administrator for aviation safety. They are scheduled to meet with Bahrami at 3 pm August 1st, 2019, at his FAA office. Nadia Milleron and Tor Stumo stood with signs in front of the…
In response to Federal Aviation Administration officials’ statements before Congress yesterday, Nadia Milleron, the mother of Samya Stumo, one of the Boeing 737 Max victims, is protesting in front of the FAA offices at 800 Independence Av. SW, Washington, D.C. at noon on August 1st, 2019. Associate Administrator of Aviation Safety, Ali Bahrami, testified yesterday that following the airplane’s 2018 crash in the Java Sea, the FAA’s analysis of Boeing’s 737 MAX’s MCAS software revealed…
Lisa Fletcher, ABC Senior Investigative Reporter, reports on Boeing’s intense scrutiny on Capitol Hill during an emotional hearing on the deadly Boeing 737 Max 8 jet crashes. Click below to watch the interview. She sits down with Paul Njoroge, a father who lost his whole family in the March Boeing crash, after he testified on Wednesday, July 17th. This hearing was different – family members of victims of plane crashes have never been invited before…
Paul Njoroge, who lost his whole family in the crash of a Boeing 737 Max8 in Ethiopia, testified before the U.S. House Aviation Subcommittee held in Washington, D.C. today. This is the first time that family members have been allowed to address a congressional hearing about the Boeing 737 Max8 plane that was involved in the recent airplane crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia. Njoroge, represented by Clifford Law Offices, who lost his wife, three children…
Paul Njoroge, a Canadian who lost his wife, three children and mother in law in the March 10 crash of the Boeing 737 Max8 crash in Ethiopia, has been invited to testify Wednesday (July 17, 2019) before the U.S. House Aviation Subcommittee on Capitol Hill. Such a move is unprecedented as family members of victims of plane crashes have never been invited before to testify before such an investigative body. Njoroge, a Kenyan native, lost…
Robert A. Clifford, lawyer for dozens of families who lost loved ones in the crash of the Boeing 737 Max8 aircraft in Ethiopia, responds to today’s pledge by the aircraft manufacturer to create a $100 million fund addressing “family and community needs”: “This type of offer so early in the litigation process is unprecedented. Because there is still so much to learn about what occurred, it also appears to be disingenuous. Frankly, Boeing’s statement creates…
On June 27, 2019, lawyers from Clifford Law Offices, P.C. and Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP appeared before Judge Luis Alonso at the initial In re: Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 status conference. Bob Clifford primarily spoke on behalf of all the plaintiffs and their attorneys. Several major national media outlets reporting on the case attended the hearing and took note of Bob’s statements on behalf of the victims. The primary subject under discussion was the…
It was 30 years ago (July 19, 1989) that the world was fixated on one of the most harrowing crashes in American history. United Flight 232 crash-landed at Sioux City, Iowa’s airport after the aircraft experienced a catastrophic failure of its tail-mounted engine. Three pilots tried to control the aircraft as it cartwheeled down the runway, landing in a cornfield. The crash left 112 people dead and another 184 injured. Part of it was captured…