Our aviation team members possess diverse aviation backgrounds and experiences ranging from commercial pilots and air traffic controllers to educators and government officials.

Attorney Mary Schiavo investigated the following air disasters and/or provided on-air analysis for network news prior to 2001:

Air France (Concorde)
Near Paris, France, 2000

Southwest Airlines 1445
Burbank, CA 2000

Crash of Payne Stewart’s plane
Mina, SD, October, 1999

Crash of John F. Kennedy, Jr.’s plane
Near Martha’s Vineyard, July, 1999

Swiss Air 111
Nova Scotia, 1998

KAL 801
Guam, 1997

Fine Air Cargo 101
Miami, 1997

TWA 800
Near East Moriches, NY, 1996

ValuJet 592
Florida Everglades, 1996

JAL 123
Mt. Osutaka, Japan, August, 1985

For 2001 to present, please refer to Aviation Cases and Motley Rice Aviation News.