A plane crash that killed four people and injured Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker was caused by under-inflated tyres, investigators have said. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) also said a design flaw in the...
Author: Abram I. Bohrer
NY Thruway Crash Injures 17
April 7, 2010
Seventeen people were hurt in a crash on the Thruway Wednesday morning around 4:30 a.m. It happened in the eastbound lanes near the Manchester exit, Exit 43. State Police say the box of a dump truck driven by John Hoey, 49 of...
Tennessee Air Ambulance Crash Leaves Three Dead
March 25, 2010
A medical helicopter crash near Brownsville, TN has left three people dead. The chopper went down during a severe storm this morning. A witness told the Haywood County Sheriff’s Department that he saw what he thought...
Pilot Error Caused 2008 Air Ambulance Crash: NTSB
March 17, 2010
CHICAGO (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board’s final report on the fatal 2008 crash of a medical transport helicopter in Aurora says the pilot’s preflight planning was inadequate and he was flying too...
Jogger Killed by Aircraft Making Emergency Landing
March 16, 2010
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — A freak aviation accident has claimed the life of a pharmaceutical salesman out for a jog while on a business trip. Officials say Robert Gary Jones of Woodstock, Ga., was struck by a...
NASA CRASH TESTS HELICOPTER: WATCH IT HERE
March 16, 2010
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/16/nasa-helicopter-crash-a-s_n_500456.html...
Fumes Sicken Passengers, Crew
March 16, 2010
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Nine crew members and passengers aboard a Jamaica-bound US Airways flight were taken to a hospital with coughs and sore throats after smelling strong odors today, two months after 15 people aboard the...
Fewer airliners crashed in 2009, but more died
February 19, 2010
By JOAN LOWY (AP) – REPRINTED FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, WASHINGTON — Fewer airliners crashed around the world last year, but more people died in the accidents, an industry group said Thursday. The number of deaths rose...
Abram Bohrer in the News
February 19, 2010
ABRAM BOHRER FILES WRONGFUL DEATH ACTION ON BEHALF OF THE ESTATE OF CARPENTER KILLED DURING CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. http://www.silive.com/news/advance/index.ssf?/base/news/1266061507276810.xml&coll=1...
5 DEAD IN PHEONIX HELICOPTER CRASH
February 18, 2010
The crash of a corporate helicopter has claimed the life of Seattle businessman Thomas J. Stewart, his wife, young daughter and two others. Stewart was founder and chief executive of Service Group of America, a company that...