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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.

Co-Pilot Sues Airline Company

August 29, 2007 -

The sole-survivor of a plane crash that occurred a year ago at the Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, KY, is suing the airline company he holds responsible.

A Central Florida company is being named as the defendant in the case involving the crash that killed 49 people.

Plane Crash Debate

James Polehinke, the co-pilot of the Comair Flight that crashed in 2006 has filed a suit against Avcon Inc. of Orlando.

Last month the National Transportation Safety Board determined that the crash was caused because the pilot didn't realize they were turning on to the wrong runway.

Polehinke claims that the aviation-and-transportation consulting company failed to properly design the runaway and taxiway lights.

“The lighting at the airport was erratic and improper so many commercial pilots, including the pilots of Flight 5191, couldn't rely on the runways and taxiways to comply with applicable laws, rules, regulations, procedures and orders,” states the suit.

According to airport officials, the main runway's edge lights were functioning the night of the crash.

However, the lights down the center of the runway were out.

Severe Injuries Result from Crash

Polehinke states that as a result of the crash he has suffered from a “traumatic brain injury and broken bones.”

He also claims he has loss the use of parts of his body and has been disfigured from the traumatic accident.

(Source: Orlando Sentinel)

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