Aviation

Nearly 20 family members from several countries who lost loved ones in the Boeing crash in Ethiopia earlier this year will be attending hearings scheduled this week before Congress where Boeing’s top executives are scheduled to testify. Family members just returned from Ethiopia where they collected the remains of those who died in the March 10 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max8 jet. They...

As family members return with remains from Ethiopia following the crash of the 737 Max8 jet on March 10, 2019, some call for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to terminate Boeing’s Organization Designation Authorization (ODA). Under federal law, the ODA program is the means by which the FAA grants designee authority to organizations or companies related to issuing certificates, or related to the examination, testing...

Lead Counsel of Boeing Crash in Ethiopia Says NTSB Safety Recommendations Come Too Late; Robert Clifford Concerned NTSB Safety Recommendations Are Insufficient And Don’t Include Input From Airline Pilot or Accident Victim Organizations – Looks Forward to October 30 Congressional Hearing on 737 MAX In the wake of the seven recommendations released September 26th by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) regarding the 737 MAX...

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Steve Dickson will meet with about 50 international regulators from around the world to a briefing on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019 on the status of the Boeing 737 Max8 in Montreal, Canada. The meeting reportedly is scheduled to take place at 3:30 p.m. (EST) at the International Air Transport Association (IATA), 800 Rue du Square-Victoria, Montreal. Just prior to this...

On September 17, 2019, Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices in Chicago, was named Lead Counsel in the U.S. federal district court litigation involving the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302’s Boeing 737 Max8 jet on March 10, 2019, in Ethiopia. The consolidated litigation includes 97 currently-filed individual lawsuits filed thus far in U.S. District Court in Chicago against Chicago-based Boeing and...