| Are you one of those people who have an | | | | This survey however does not include private, |
| inexplicable fright with flying and airplanes? Every one | | | | military and charter aircrafts. |
| of us has that nervous reaction with the thought of | | | | This survey shows that there is a big possibility of |
| having to ride airplanes and actually be high above | | | | liability for airplane accidents. Therefore, if you have |
| the ground. | | | | been a survivor or have lost a relative through an |
| It is because we have one dominant thought in our | | | | airplane accident, it is possible for you to file for an |
| heads. What will happen if something very wrong | | | | aviation accident claim to recover damages caused |
| occurs during the flight? Isn't it very terrible to | | | | by the injuries or loss you have gone through. |
| contemplate? | | | | In the United States, there is assistance provided to |
| Airplane accidents per se are tragic. Being in an | | | | survivors of airplane accident victims according to |
| airplane accident is simply devastating and horrifying. | | | | type and place of the accident. Victims of smaller |
| There would be no words to describe how terrifying | | | | airplane accidents that took place outside of the |
| it would be if a loved one or we become a victim of | | | | country provide limited financial assistance to the |
| this kind of tragedy. | | | | victim's beneficiaries. On the other hand, major |
| Annually, airplane accidents always find its way into | | | | aviation accidents that took place within the U.S. skies |
| the headlines of news stories. In every such | | | | can grant the victims' survivors with benefits through |
| occurrence, there is always the loss of lives that | | | | a complex interaction of state and federal laws along |
| bring excessive trauma to their survivors. | | | | with the international law. |
| Losing a loved one is a painful experience. However, | | | | Under certain federal laws, airline companies are given |
| untimely losing someone we love to an airplane | | | | post-accident requirements, which they have to |
| accident is very excruciating. | | | | follow. These requirements include setting up of |
| What are the causes of airplane accidents, by the | | | | services for family support like grief counseling, |
| way? Who is primarily at fault or liable for such | | | | deployment of individual caregivers, assisting families |
| incidents? | | | | in identifying remains and possessions of their loved |
| According to a survey of 2,147 airplane and/or | | | | one, setting up a communications network and other |
| aircraft accidents starting 1950 - 2004, the | | | | needed services by the surviving family members of |
| determined causes of airplane accidents within such | | | | victims. |
| period are the following: | | | | Each survivor of airplane accident victims can benefit |
| - 45% are due to Pilot error, either weather related | | | | a lot from availing of various aviation accident claims. |
| or mechanical related. | | | | Aside from the airline company, smaller commuters |
| - 33% are undetermined or missing in the record | | | | and commercial aircraft operators offer their |
| - 13% are due to mechanical failure | | | | voluntary services during and after airplane accidents. |
| - 7% are because of the effects of the weather | | | | Institutions like the Red Cross also go out to give |
| - 5% are because of sabotage | | | | their services. |
| - 4% are due to human error like error in controlling | | | | Dispensing of adequate airplane accident claims and |
| the air traffic, loading of aircraft improperly, incorrect | | | | services to the survivors and surviving families are |
| maintenance measures, contamination of fuel, | | | | but small comfort in place of their loss. Still, it is their |
| misunderstanding, etc. | | | | legal right to receive or avail of such claims. |
| - 1% comprise other causes | | | | |