New York Aviation Lawyer: NTSB Finds Jet Plane Crash Linked to Crew Errors

New York aviation accident lawyer Jonathan C. Reiter discusses recent findings by the NTSB about the cause of a jet plane crash that killed philanthropist Lewis Katz last year.

Recently, the National Transportation Safety Board released a report outlining factors that caused the plane crash that killed seven people, including billionaire philanthropist Lewis Katz last year. According to the NTSB, the plane crash was caused by multiple errors made by an inexperienced flight crew.

Source: ShoreNewsToday Report “NTSB confirms pilot error caused jet crash that killed Katz, Leeds and others”

“At a meeting detailing the events surrounding the crash at Laurence G. Hanscom Field in Bedford, Mass., 9:40 p.m. May 31, 2014, NTSB officials said both the pilot and co-pilot of Katz’s Gulfstream G-IV business jet failed to perform normally routine flight control checks and attempted takeoff even after they became aware that a gust lock system was engaged. The pilots failed to abort the takeoff when they realized the flight controls were locked.”

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The cockpit voice recorder showed that there were no calls from the crew for a checklist or discussion about checklist items as the plane attempted to takeoff. The NTSB investigation was conducted over a period of 17 months, and also found that pre-flight checks were not routine for the pilots.

Source: Crew errors cited in NTSB report on plane crash that killed Inquirer owner

“The investigation found that the pilots almost never conducted pre-flight checks, described by investigators as a “consistent pattern of procedural noncompliance. When the gust lock system is engaged, it is supposed to restrict the movement of the throttle so the plane cannot take off, but it failed to do so…The plane’s manufacturer, Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., said in a statement Wednesday that is has notified pilots of the importance of performing thorough pre-flight checks, and is working with the Federal Aviation Administration to modify the gust lock system on its jets. Gulfstream has previously said the crash was due to the pilots’ failure to conduct a pre-flight check.”

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The seven people killed in the jet plane crash included the pilot, co-pilot, Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner Katz, and four passengers.

According to New York based aviation lawyer Jonathan C. Reiter of the Jonathan C. Reiter Law Firm LLP, who has handled multiple cases involving jet plane crashes, the crash is one that illustrates major safety compliance issues that have been linked to a number of plane crashes.

Says the attorney “The Board’s findings are disturbing. Not only do they show that this aircraft accident would have likely been prevented had it not been for the negligence of the crew, but they also indicate that there was a pattern of negligence by the pilots that persisted over time that was not properly addressed before it was too late.”

A string of plane crashes have been attributed to the mistakes or oversight of pilots and crew members in recent years and noted by the NTSB and FAA. Regarding the need for more compliance with safety regulations amid the release of reports like the recent findings of the Board, NTSB Vice Chairman Bella Dinh-Zarr, said in a press release “This investigation highlights the importance of following standard operating procedures and underscores the significance of procedural compliance… Complacency does not have a place in the cockpit of any aircraft.”

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NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer – When Doctors Fail

New York City Medical Malpractice Lawyer News – Examining the legal consequences for medical professionals when a serious patient health problem goes undiagnosed for too long.

From health care reform measures designed to make treatment costs more affordable for patients to controversial medical innovations, many facets of health care in the United States have long been major topics of debate. Because health care facilities in the country are largely owned and run by private sector businesses, some have suggested a number of industry decisions are based more on desired financial outcomes than what is in the best interest of patients in terms of their health.

In heated discussions about the healthcare industry, the issue of medical malpractice that may stem from the effort to reduce costs is frequently brought up. Statistics show that medical malpractice is among the top five leading causes of death in the country, resulting in an estimated 225,000 lives lost each year. In a number of the cases, a failure to diagnose a serious condition or delayed diagnoses was a factor.

In 2013, the Huffington Post published a report on the most common reasons patients bring forth medical malpractice claims against their doctors. According to a study presented in the report, not only are delayed or failed diagnoses the leading basis of such lawsuits in the United States, the same can be said for claims filed in other parts of the world as well.

Source: Huffington Post Report “Top Reason Patients Sue Doctors: Failure To Diagnose”

“The study — which reviewed information on medical malpractice claims against primary care doctors in the United States, Australia, France and Canada — found that between 26 and 63 percent of claims were related to missed diagnoses.”

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A number of healthcare reform advocates suggest that filing malpractice claims is a major step to helping improve conditions in healthcare industry settings. Such claims act as a deterrence to repeating risky actions, and ensure that health care professionals are held accountable for negligent acts that harm patients. Dr. David Troxel, who was at the time the medical director at The Doctors Company, is stated by the Huffington Post to also point out that an examination of such claims “can help doctors identify situations that may result in adverse events for patients, as well as systems that can be put into place to help prevent errors from happening.”

Troxel is quoted as stating, “Ultimately [the process of analyzing malpractice claims] can contribute to improving the quality of medical practice” because the information found from the reviews can be relayed to other physicians.

Recently, the New York Law Journal released a report on major verdicts and settlements of personal injury cases last year. Among the highest verdicts involved the case of a patient who suffered a collapsed lung that was not addressed in a timely manner. As noted in the report, the patient, a 16-year-old teenager who was being treated at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, reportedly suffered severe brain damage due to the issue. A jury found there was a departure from the accepted standard of medical care in the case and awarded a verdict of $22,977,200.

The case was handled by New York based medical malpractice attorney Jonathan C. Reiter of the Jonathan C. Reiter Law Firm, PLLC who says that such cases, “help patients when there is a major oversight that leaves them with long term debilitating health challenges and also challenges hospitals to implement better protocols so that negligence can be minimized.”

In an effort to prevent the filing of malpractice claims, some hospitals have implemented preventative measures to improve conditions for patients. For example a survey developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has been used by hundreds of hospitals to measure safety using self evaluation techniques. Time will tell however, whether such measures will help change the landscape overall and reduce preventable injuries caused by medical malpractice in the United States.

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