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    Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 Emergency Landing Leads to Federal Investigation
    Posted on January 8, 2024 To

    Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 Emergency Landing Leads to Federal Investigation

    An Alaska Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, at about 5 p.m. on Friday, January 5th, 2024, when a panel and window the size of a refrigerator blew out of a Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft. The incident has led to a federal investigation, and a number of planes have been grounded for safety concerns. Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices in Chicago and…

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    A Design Flaw in the Boeing MAX9 Aircraft
    Posted on January 6, 2024 To

    A Design Flaw in the Boeing MAX9 Aircraft?

    FAA Grounds That Type of Plane as Top Aviation Attorney Robert Clifford Says FAA’s Swift Action May Signal Serious Concern About Possible Defect in the Fleet As the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounds all Boeing MAX9 aircraft across the country following the emergency landing last night (Friday, Jan. 5, 2024) of one of those planes. Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices in Chicago and Lead Counsel in the pending civil…

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    Frightening Boeing Incident on a Boeing MAX Jet – Lead Aviation Attorney Questions Whether Officials Need to Examine if Certifying the Plane as Safe for Flying Was Hasty
    Posted on January 6, 2024 To

    Frightening Boeing Incident on a Boeing MAX Jet – Lead Aviation Attorney Questions Whether Officials Need to Examine if Certifying the Plane as Safe for Flying Was Hasty

    Alaska Airlines has grounded the Boeing MAX9 jets after a window and a chunk of the fuselage blew out of the plane shortly after takeoff, causing the aircraft to make an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, late Friday night (January 5, 2024). Photos from the plane that was able to land safely reportedly show a large hole in the plane’s side. Oxygen masks apparently were deployed indicating that the passenger cabin had been depressurized. Minor…

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    John Kalantzis to Speak at London Conference on Aviation Law
    Posted on September 27, 2023 To

    John Kalantzis to Speak at London Conference on Aviation Law

    John V. Kalantzis, associate at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking at the Travel Law Conference in England on “Aviation Law in the U.S.” on October 19, 2023. He will speak about what makes the judicial system in the United States distinct and the methods of illustrating the devastation wrought upon families by an aviation disaster to a civil jury. Part of the aviation legal team in the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX8 jet…

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    Bob Clifford Speaks at International Aviation Conference in Paris

    Bob Clifford Speaks at International Aviation Conference in Paris

      Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, spoke at the 13th Annual McGill University/PEOPIL Conference on “International Aviation: Liability, Insurance & Finance” in Paris, France. Clifford, who serves as Lead Counsel in the pending litigation in federal district court in Chicago regarding the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX jet in Ethiopia, spoke in late April at the two-day conference before leading judges, lawyers, and experts in the aviation field….

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    Tracy A. Brammeier Presents Update on Boeing 737 Max Litigation
    Posted on April 4, 2023 To

    Tracy A. Brammeier Presents Update on Boeing 737 Max Litigation

    Tracy A. Brammeier, partner at Clifford Law Offices, spoke at Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law’s 2023 Air and Space Law Symposium on Friday, March 31, presenting an update on the ongoing Boeing 737 Max Litigation in federal court. The court-appointed Liaison Counsel for all plaintiffs in the lawsuit arising from the 2019 crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane, Tracy is part of the Clifford Law Offices aviation…

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    Families of Boeing Crash Victims Will Speak About Two Vigils Held This Morning at Ethiopian Crash Site Marking the Four-Year March 10 Anniversary of the Crash that Killed 157 

    Families of Boeing Crash Victims to Speak Following Vigils Marking Four-Year Anniversary of the Crash that Killed 157

    Families of Boeing Crash Victims Will Speak About Two VigilsHeld the Morning of March 10, 2023 at Ethiopian Crash SiteMarking the Four-Year Anniversary of the Crash that Killed 157  Families and friends who lost loved ones in the March 10, 2019, Boeing 737 Max8 crash in Ethiopia held a memorial protest in front of the Boeing headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, marking the four-year anniversary of the tragic event. They also spoke about two private memorials…

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    FAA to Hold Safety Summit March 15 in the Wake of Numerous Airplane Incidents; Top Aviation Attorney Calls for “Deep Investigation” into Bombardier Challenger Following Recent Death of Former White House and 9/11 Commission Official
    Posted on March 9, 2023 To

    FAA to Hold Safety Summit on March 15 in the Wake of Numerous Airplane Incidents

    FAA to Hold Safety Summit March 15 in the Wake of Numerous Airplane Incidents;Top Aviation Attorney Calls for “Deep Investigation” into Bombardier Challenger Following Recent Death of Former White House and 9/11 Commission Official The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is holding a safety summit 10:30 a.m. March 15 regarding the recent rash of airplane incidents.  The FAA also reportedly is forming a team of experts to review airline safety, and top aviation attorney Robert A. Clifford…

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    Families of Boeing Crash Victims Coming from as Far Away as France, Germany and Canada to Commemorate Four-Year Anniversary of MAX 737 Crash
    Posted on March 8, 2023 To

    Families of Boeing Crash Victims Coming from as Far Away as France, Germany and Canada to Commemorate Four-Year Anniversary of MAX 737 Crash

    Families of Boeing Crash Victims Coming from as Far Away as France, Germany and Canada to Commemorate Four-Year Anniversary of MAX 737 Crash; Will Mark the March 10 Date at Boeing’s New Virginia HQ as Senate Holds Hearings on March 8, 2023, on Aircraft Certification and Safety Act Families and friends who lost loved ones in the March 10, 2019, Boeing 737 Max8 crash in Ethiopia will hold a memorial protest in front of the…

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