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Leading Aviation Attorney Robert Clifford Available to Speak Today at NTSB Hearing on January Mid-Air Collision of Commercial Jet and Military Helicopter

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Leading Aviation Attorney Robert Clifford Available to Speak Today at NTSB Hearing on January Mid-Air Collision of Commercial Jet and Military Helicopter

Aviation attorneys at Clifford Law Offices and some of their clients who lost loved ones in the midair crash of a commercial jet and a military helicopter earlier this year are attending the three-day hearing at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) headquarters in Washington, D.C this week and will be available to speak at the breaks to comment on testimony provided by the six parties.

The Board appointed will delve into the causes of this tragic accident in its examination of a number of witnesses from the Airline Pilots Association, FAA, National Air Traffic Controllers Association, PSA Airlines, Sikorsky Helicopter and the U.S. Army.

“These brave family members have demonstrated courage beyond belief in their attending well as speaking out on behalf of their loved ones and the entire flying public in an effort that this will never happen again,” said Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices who represents numerous clients in the Jan. 29 crash. He also is Lead Counsel in the 2019 Boeing crash in Ethiopia that currently is before U.S. District Court Judge Jorge Alonso in Chicago.

Clifford Law Offices also initiated its own investigation into potential claims of willful neglect by the airlines for the many years of congestion of commercial aircraft and helicopters that went ignored in the air space near Reagan National Airport.

The NTSB hearing will be streamed live.

Media Advisory: NTSB Schedules 3-Day Investigative Hearing on Mid-Air Collision of Passenger Jet and Military Helicopter

For further information, contact Clifford Law Offices Communications Partner Pamela Sakowicz Menaker at 847-721-0909 (cell).
pammenaker@cliffordlaw.com
www.CliffordLaw.com

Bob Clifford speaks to Washington Post reporter Rachel Weiner (left) with some of his clients and family members who lost loved ones in the midair crash of an American Airlines regional jet with a military helicopter on Jan. 29. (Right to left): Gwen Duggins, mother of Kiah Duggins who was killed in the crash as a passenger on AA Flight 5342 ; Clifford, who serves as Lead Counsel in the crash of a Boeing MAX8 jet in Ethiopia six years ago; Aisha Duggins, sister of Kiah; Shelby Jackson, best friend of Kiah who was a civil rights lawyer and was preparing for a position with Howard University School of Law before her death. Kiah, 30, a native of Wichita, Kansas, was on the plane that was en route to Washington, D.C. Reagan National Airport before it crashed over the Potomac River with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter as it attempted to land.  All 67 on board both aircraft were killed.