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Chartered Plane Accident Lawyers

Our chartered plane accident lawyers represent individuals that are injured and surviving family members of individuals who are killed in chartered plane accidents. Although chartered plane accidents don't make as much news as the crashes involving large aircraft that carry hundreds of passengers, the devastation caused by a collision or crash of a chartered plane is just as bad.

Executives, tourists and others who travel by chartered planes (including private jets) are killed or seriously injured in chartered plane accidents each year.

The same aircraft safety issues apply to chartered planes, too; for example:

  • pilot competence
  • pilot fatigue, drug use, alcohol use
  • delegation of chartered plane flight duties to junior or unskilled staff
  • maintenance of the aircraft
  • flight maneuvers in light of weather conditions
  • aircraft design and manufacturing factors

Chartered Jet Crash Lawyer

Accidents that involve chartered planes (whether jets or propeller), chartered helicopters, and tour aircraft must take into account multiple parties, such as:

  • the company that chartered the aircraft
  • the company that maintains the aircraft
  • in many cases, a business entity that offered the chartered plane as part of a package with a hotel stay and possible other activities
  • the companies that made components of the chartered plane
  • sometimes, a separate company that provided the flight personnel
  • the airport(s) involved, and their air traffic controllers and ground personnel
  • the chartered plane's passengers and flight personnel
  • when there is a crash in a residential area, the individual residents who were injured or killed

Private Plane Accident Information

The complexity of the liability for chartered plane accidents merits the skills and knowledge of attorneys who are familiar with personal injury law, aviation law, product liability law, and business law. Such a combination of legal expertise is not available at every law firm.

If you were injured in or if your loved one was killed in a chartered plane accident, our attorneys have the skill, the knowledge and resources you need. Contact us to schedule a free review of your case.

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Aviation Facts

  • Approximately 80 percent of all plane crashes occur shortly before or after takeoff or landing due to human error or mechanical failures.
  • According to an aviation accident survey of nearly 2,200 plane crashes from 1950 to 2004, the number one cause of aviation accidents is pilot error, which results in 45 percent of accidents. Undetermined causes: 33 percent. Mechanical failure: 13 percent.
  • In 2005, there were a total of 1,764 aviation accidents in the United States that resulted in 600 fatalities. Low-level maneuvering of an aircraft was the leading cause of fatal aviation accidents from 1998 to 2004.
  • In 2004, more than 70 percent of all plane crashes that ended in serious injury or fatality occurred during a personal flight. General aviation accidents occur more frequently than airline or business aviation accidents.
  • The most recent statistics on midair collisions has shown a steady decline. In 2004, there were 10 midair accidents resulting in 10 fatalities compared to 11 collisions in 2003 with 23 deaths.