Asiana Passenger to Sue Boeing!!!

[JJET44]

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/...eing-in-asiana-crash-20130716,0,7439648.story

Boeing needs to make planes less survivable so that all the dumb-a$$es won't survive to sue!!

 

[pilotgolfer]

Sir Isaac Newton and Prometheus were also named in the suit.

 

[scoreboardII]

Are they using the law firm Su, Yu and Wein?

 

[humveedriver]

"The National Transportation Safety Board has said pilots told investigators they realized the approach speed was low and set the auto-throttle to correct it, but realized too late that the aircraft speed never increased."

I hate it when they do that. Best thing to do is nothing. Crash enough of these things. Boeing will fix that tricky "arm" mode the throttles go into.

One of the passengers represented by the firm is Zhang Yuan, who suffered severe spinal injuries and a broken leg, the firm said. “My husband, my daughter, other passengers and I would not have suffered such terrible injuries if the sliding ramps and the seat belts would not have trapped us in the burning wreckage,” the firm quoted her as saying.

Totally agree. Get rid of those darn seat belts and slides. Management could pay the FA's less because that would lower their responsibility AND shorten the safety brief.

 

[waveflyer]

Holy sheitballz
Seriously- everybody on that plane still alive should find a Boeing engineer and kiss their arse for their life- sue your country for training pilots who can't fly

 

[jonjuan]

They also need to find Bernoulli's descendants and sue the bejeezus outta them.

 

[glasspilot1]

I'm sure this guy hired the same Lawyer who represented the lady who sued McDonalds after she burned herself with the coffee between her legs!

 

[flint4xx]

That lawyer was John Edwards, that POS.

 

[Dan Roman]

While I think we can all agree that Edwards is an idiot, there is more to the MacDonalds case than meets the eye.

http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm

Simple fact is, it was not what the Media made it out to be and a classic example of just how much of what we "know" is really shaped by what some moron on cable news wants to put out as a story.
We all know how inaccurate aviation news stories are (or any other subject we are close to), throw in people like Glen Beck that knowingly lie to get ratings and my take is you should believe about 2% of the news today.

That said, what a bunch of jerks running to the lawyers so quickly, especially blaming Boeing? The airplane has an outstanding safety record. Smart money would certainly be on pilot error when the dust settles on the investigation and if you are going to assume anything, I would guess it would be Asiana's CRM procedures will be a major factor. Either the crew was working well together as a team or they weren't, and if they weren't it was their fault, period.
Wouldn't it be great if people who file frivolous lawsuits like this ended up having to pay Boeing for attempting to damage their reputation and wasting Boeings time?

 

[JJET44]

"The National Transportation Safety Board has said pilots told investigators they realized the approach speed was low and set the auto-throttle to correct it, but realized too late that the aircraft speed never increased."QUOTE]


Next time I'm in the sim, I'll engage the auto-throttles at the first sign of a stall. What ever happened to manually increasing power with the thrust levers? They must have forgotten what those things on the center pedestal are for!

 

[waveflyer]

Not sure they ever knew 44

 

[SIG600]

Sue the airline for the lack of basic airmanship if you're going to hold someone accountable.

I hope Boeing throws every thing they have behind this and buries this law firm so deep they won't be able to see daylight. I for one would donate to their legal fund just on principle.

 

[gutshotdraw]

When you read that the owners of the World Trade Center are still pursuing a lawsuit against United and American, it reaffirms the notion that Shakespeare was right: Kill All the Lawyers.

 

[Dumb Pilot]

Regardless of how you may feel about this particular case, it is litigation that has brought many of the safety improvements that we see in A/C's today, the modern seatbelt, fire retardant materials, the new space requirement between cabinets near emergency exits, floor vents for pressure release in case of a rapid D, the required emergency rations and design of slides/rafts, the list goes on and on. I wish that it didn't have to be a required part of the learning process but regrettably, history has shown that improvements only come by force! The industry is very reluctant to make any changes on its own and they have proved over and over again that a certain amount of deaths are acceptable as part of the business.

 

[johnsonrod]

Best lawyer for this case: Jackie Childs

"Your face is my case..."

 

[SenorSpielbergo]

Best lawyer for this case: Jackie Childs

"Your face is my case..."

"This is the most public yet of my many humiliations!"

 

[ms6073]

Sue the airline for the lack of basic airmanship if you're going to hold someone accountable.

You would think, but isn't Asiana considered to be a 'Flag' carrier of that country? Since the crash happened in the US, I would think lawyers could file suit here in the US but I doubt the South Korean laws allow citizens to file suit against companies like Asiana.

 

[jonjuan]

Why not sue the concrete manufacturer for making the impact so hard. Imagine if the sea wall were instead made of feathers. They would have come to a soft landing.

 

[Sparse]

"The National Transportation Safety Board has said pilots told investigators they realized the approach speed was low and set the auto-throttle to correct it, but realized too late that the aircraft speed never increased."

I hate it when they do that. Best thing to do is nothing. Crash enough of these things. Boeing will fix that tricky "arm" mode the throttles go into.

One of the passengers represented by the firm is Zhang Yuan, who suffered severe spinal injuries and a broken leg, the firm said. ?My husband, my daughter, other passengers and I would not have suffered such terrible injuries if the sliding ramps and the seat belts would not have trapped us in the burning wreckage,? the firm quoted her as saying.

Totally agree. Get rid of those darn seat belts and slides. Management could pay the FA's less because that would lower their responsibility AND shorten the safety brief.

It was an auto-pirate malfunction

 

[stall022]

They are called shotgun lawsuits. The idea is to sue as many entities as possible and get a little blood from each of them. Asiana and Boeing are just the start.