Weather-Related Plane Crashes

While airline companies constantly remind travelers of statistics proving that airline travel is significantly safer than traveling by train or car, there are still airplane crashes every year, many of them causing fatalities. Airplane crashes can happen due to a number of different reasons such as pilot error, problems on the runway, or mistakes from air traffic controllers. Still, one of the greatest contributing factors to airplane accidents is something no one can control or even predict sometimes.

Statistics from PlaneCrashInfo.com reported that over nine percent of fatal accidents over the past decade have been because of severe weather. And even though passengers of all ages get frustrated when flights are canceled or delayed because of severe weather, the alternative isn’t any better.

Severe weather examples

With almost 50,000 flights per day worldwide, airline employees from the pilot to the air traffic controllers have to work together to make sure flights get safely to and from their destinations. These same employees also have to make judgment calls on whether or not conditions are safe for a plane to take off and land unharmed. Some of these dangerous weather conditions include:

• Tornado activity in the surrounding area
• Thunderstorms with lightning
• Excessive fog impairing vision
• Winter weather storms with snow and ice
• High gusts of wind

There may not always be sunny and clear skies to fly through, but an airline company should never put passengers’ lives at risk during any of these severe weather events. If these pilots or other airline employees act negligently, you could take legal action.

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If you or a loved one has suffered from airline negligence, don’t waste any more time suffering. Contact the Iowa personal injury lawyers of LaMarca & Landry, P.C., at 877-327-2600 to discuss your legal options.