According to reports, European safety authority EASA is preparing to order airlines to administer checks on nearly a third of all Airbus A380s in service after cracks in the aircrafts’ wings were discovered. The order for inspection will reportedly be given through an EASA directive.  The directive is reported to focus on two different categories of the superjumbo aircraft, those that have completed 1,800 take-offs and landings and those that have completed 1,300-1,799 take-offs and landings.  The inspections in the … Read more…

A recent Illinois Appellate decision highlights and reinforces the weight given to the Plaintiff’s forum preference in the analysis to resolve a motion to dismiss on forum non conveniens grounds. The case stems from consolidated wrongful death, product liability and negligence actions filed in the wake of an airplane crash in Turkey.  Suit was brought in Chicago by Plaintiffs representing 32 of the 57 decedents from the crash.  Defendants in the case are the designer and manufacturer of the airplane, … Read more…