John A. Greaves Law Blog

An official report has been released by the Transportation
Safety Board of Canada (TSB) detailing the events surrounding a January 2011
midair incident, in which a fatigued Air Canada pilot forced his aircraft to
rapidly descend towards the Atlantic Ocean after mistaking the planet Venus for
an oncoming plane.

The incident occurred on an overnight flight from Toronto,
Canada to Zurich, Switzerland. In total, 14 passengers and... Read More

Eleven
people were killed Friday September 16, 2011 at the National Championship Air
Races in Reno, Nevada when a 1940's era P-51 Mustang appeared to lose a piece
of its tail before plummeting to the ground near a grandstand filled with
spectators. The downed plane had previously flown a few hundred feet above the
crowded grandstand where some spectators noticed a gurgling noise coming from
the plane's engine. A few seconds later, the plane... Read More