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• 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.

Some of the most common causes of aviation accidents include:

• pilot error,
• negligence by a flight service employee or air traffic controller,
• faulty equipment or mechanical failure,
• weather,
• and sabotage.
• Violations of Federal Aviation Administration safety regulations and aviation law are also a frequent cause of aviation accidents.

Comair Case Goes Back to Federal Court

August 15, 2007 -

The wrongful-death lawsuits filed against Comair over last summer's Kentucky plane crash are going back to the federal court for review.

Papers filed by the attorneys for Comair are expected to be filed by next week.

The paperwork will reportedly ask the Federal Aviation Administration to help pay monetary damages for the crash that killed 49 of the 50 passengers.

Comair Gets FAA Involved

Comair Airlines announced their intentions to involve the FAA yesterday.

Attorney's representing the victim's families that are suing the airline, claim Comair was approaching its deadline to involve the FAA.

Comair claims the FAA is partially to blame for the crash since the agency-run control tower was only staffed with one employee despite guidelines that say there should be two.

Comair also claims the controller never broadcasted to flight crews information regarding the construction project that had altered the airport's runway.

Who's to Blame?

The National Transportation Safety Board claimed last month that the flight's pilot and co-pilot were to blame for the crash.

However, they also believe the FAA should be partially responsible since they were slow to inspect the runway.

Comair has filed a suit against the FAA in relation to the accident.

(Source: Courier-Journal)

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