Boeing 737 Max 8

Alaska Airlines has grounded the Boeing MAX9 jets after a window and a chunk of the fuselage blew out of the plane shortly after takeoff, causing the aircraft to make an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, late Friday night (January 5, 2024). Photos from the plane that was able to land safely reportedly show a large hole in the plane’s side. Oxygen masks apparently were deployed indicating that the passenger cabin had been depressurized. Minor…

John V. Kalantzis, associate at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking at the Travel Law Conference in England on “Aviation Law in the U.S.” on October 19, 2023. He will speak about what makes the judicial system in the United States distinct and the methods of illustrating the devastation wrought upon families by an aviation disaster to a civil jury. Part of the aviation legal team in the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX8 jet…

Tracy A. Brammeier, partner at Clifford Law Offices, spoke at Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law’s 2023 Air and Space Law Symposium on Friday, March 31, presenting an update on the ongoing Boeing 737 Max Litigation in federal court. The court-appointed Liaison Counsel for all plaintiffs in the lawsuit arising from the 2019 crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane, Tracy is part of the Clifford Law Offices aviation…

Families of Boeing Crash Victims Will Speak About Two VigilsHeld the Morning of March 10, 2023 at Ethiopian Crash SiteMarking the Four-Year Anniversary of the Crash that Killed 157  Families and friends who lost loved ones in the March 10, 2019, Boeing 737 Max8 crash in Ethiopia held a memorial protest in front of the Boeing headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, marking the four-year anniversary of the tragic event. They also spoke about two private memorials…

FAA to Hold Safety Summit March 15 in the Wake of Numerous Airplane Incidents;Top Aviation Attorney Calls for “Deep Investigation” into Bombardier Challenger Following Recent Death of Former White House and 9/11 Commission Official The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is holding a safety summit 10:30 a.m. March 15 regarding the recent rash of airplane incidents.  The FAA also reportedly is forming a team of experts to review airline safety, and top aviation attorney Robert A. Clifford…

Families of Boeing Crash Victims Coming from as Far Away as France, Germany and Canada to Commemorate Four-Year Anniversary of MAX 737 Crash; Will Mark the March 10 Date at Boeing’s New Virginia HQ as Senate Holds Hearings on March 8, 2023, on Aircraft Certification and Safety Act Families and friends who lost loved ones in the March 10, 2019, Boeing 737 Max8 crash in Ethiopia will hold a memorial protest in front of the…

Major Court Ruling in Boeing Criminal Litigation; Boeing to be Arraigned Next Week on Criminal Charges Related to Aviation Crashes; Families will be Attending A Texas federal judge this afternoon (Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023) ruled that Boeing must report next Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, in a Texas courtroom to be arraigned on federal criminal charges in the deaths of the 346 who were killed in two Boeing MAX 737 airplane crashes in 2018 and 2019….

Robert A. Clifford and Kevin P. Durkin, partners at Clifford Law Offices in Chicago, are in Tel Aviv, Israel, working on the cases involving the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX in Ethiopia in 2019. Clifford, founder and senior partner at the firm and Lead Counsel of the litigation against Boeing in federal district court in Chicago, are traveling around the world taking depositions of many of their 70 clients from 35 countries. Earlier this…

On September 7, 2022, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) introduced new rules that ensure the independence of safety inspectors hired by airline companies such as Boeing. Under the Certification, Safety, and Accountability Act engineers can be hired by companies through Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) to supplement government resources. In the past, these engineers have faced pressure from large companies despite having the task of carrying out government-regulated safety oversight inspections, stating their inability to raise…