Once again, an accident involving a bargain bus is in the headlines. The most recent major bus crash occurred on the New Jersey Turnpike on August 25, 2011, reportedly injuring more than a dozen passengers on a bus that was headed to Washington, DC, from New York. Just a few months ago, four people were…
A van collided with a Tide light-rail train at Brambleton Avenue and 2nd Street in Norfolk, Virginia (VA), on August 17, 2001, when he turned right in front of the light-rail train despite the presence of a “No Right Turn Across Tracks Sign.” The Virginian-Pilot report on the incident noted the crash was the third for the…
Pilots for Air France Flight 447 made several mistakes that prevented them from pulling the plane out of its fatal dive into the Atlantic Ocean, officials from France’s air investigative authority, the Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses, concluded in a report published in late July 2011. According to a summary published in the Los Angeles Times, crew members in…
Light rail trains begin carrying passengers between downtown and the border of Virginia Beach on August 19, 2011.
“When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.” As a pilot as well as a Virginia personal injury attorney, I know that Leonardo da Vinci quote has a ring of truth. For a…