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Commercial Aviation, U.S. and Foreign
Commercial aviation, both domestic and foreign, encompasses typical fare-paying, scheduled flights, as well as chartered flights, air taxis, and private planes for hire.
Scheduled passenger service can range from the small regional airlines to the large commercial airlines. Many of the larger commercial airlines own or have code-share agreements with one or more regional operations. A code-share arrangement allows the smaller regional airlines to use the marketing logo and name of the larger commercial airline in return for a fee. Similar agreements can be found between domestic and foreign carriers for international portions of a trip.
Commercial airline crashes are almost always complex and devastating events, but in many cases, they are preventable. Typically, commercial airline crashes occur due to a combination of factors such as faulty aircraft equipment, negligent maintenance, pilot or crew error and/or air traffic control errors, security breaches and/or a failure to check weather conditions. When an air tragedy occurs, Motley Rice’s aviation team does not merely rely on the investigation of the National Transportation Safety Board or the Federal Aviation Administration in the event of a domestic crash, nor do we rely on the aviation investigative agency at the location of an international crash. Our aviation team is composed of several attorneys, paralegals, former pilots, a former air traffic controller, an aviation maintenance expert and several multilingual translators. In addition to using available government investigations, we also conduct our own extensive research into the crash for the litigation process. If the crash happens in a foreign country, the Motley Rice aviation team is well versed in international litigation and is familiar with the challenges of battling the well-funded legal teams of multi-billion dollar corporations, both international and domestic.
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