Cases

Motley Rice seeks to hold accountable those responsible in personal injury or wrongful death cases that involve aviation crashes or incidents. Cases that we have litigated or are currently being litigated by Motley Rice or Motley Rice attorneys include:

Air France Flight 447
Location: Atlantic Ocean, off the northeast corner of Brazil
Date: June 1, 2009

Compass Airlines Flight 2040
Location: Near Fargo, North Dakota
Date: May 7, 2008

One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269                                                             Location: Phuket, Thailand                                                                        Date: September 16, 2007                                                                   Aircraft: MD-82

TAM Airlines Flight 3054
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Date: July 17, 2007
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University of Michigan Health System Crash
Location: Lake Michigan, Wisconsin
Date: June 4, 2007

Comair Flight 5191
Location: Lexington, KY Blue Grass Airport
Date: August 27, 2006                                                                              Aircraft: Bombardier CRJ 100-ER

Black Hawk Helicopter
Location: Tall Afar (Northern Iraq)
Date: January 7, 2006                                                                           Aircraft: Black Hawk

Chalk’s Ocean Airways d/b/a Flying Boat Inc. Flight 101
Location: Miami Beach, Florida
Date: December 19, 2005                                                                        Aircraft: Grumman G-73T Turbo Mallard 

Air France
Location: Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, France
Date: September 25, 2005                                                                      Aircraft: Montreal Convention   

West Caribbean Airways Flight 708
Location: Near Machiques, Venezuela
Date: August 16, 2005                                                                               Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-82 

Air France Flight 358
Location: Toronto-Pearson International Airport, Ontario
Date: August 2, 2005                                                                                Aircraft: Airbus A340-300 

Kam Air Flight 904
Location: Chaperi Ghar (Afghanistan)
Date: February 3, 2005                                                                               Aircraft: Boeing 737-200 

MK Airlines Flight 1602
Location: Halifax International Airport, Nova Scotia
Date: October 14, 2004                                                                         Aircraft: Boeing 747-200F 

Pinnacle Airlines d/b/a Northwest Airlink Flight 3701
Location: Jefferson City, Missouri
Date: October 14, 2004                                                                            Aircraft: Bombardier CRJ 200 

Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4815
Location: 33km from Manaus, Brazil
Date: May 14, 2004                                                                                Aircraft: Embraer EMB-120-Brasilia 

Colgan Air Inc., d/b/a US Airways Express Flight 9446
Location: Near Hyannis, Massachusetts
Date: August 26, 2003                                                                               Aircraft: Raytheon/Beechcraft 1900D

US Airways Express d/b/a Air Midwest Flight 5481
Location: Charlotte, NC
Date: January 8, 2003                                                                               Aircraft: Raytheon/Beechcraft 1900D

American Airlines Flight 587
Location: Bell Harbor (Queens), New York
Date: November 12, 2001                                                        Aircraft: Airbus A300 

United Airlines Flight 93
Location: Near Shanksfield, Pennsylvania
Date: September 11, 2001                                                                         Aircraft: Boeing 757-200 

American Airlines Flight 77
Location: Washington, D.C. (Pentagon)
Date: September 11, 2001                                                                      Aircraft: Boeing 757-200 

United Airlines Flight 175
Location: New York City, New York (WTC 2)
Date: September 11, 2001                                                                      Aircraft: Boeing 767-200 

American Airlines Flight 11
Location: New York City, New York (WTC 1)
Date: September 11, 2001                                                                         Aircraft: Boeing 767-200ER 

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Location: Hilton Head, South Carolina
Date: August 1, 2001                                                                             Aircraft: Mitsubishi MU-2B 

Singapore Airlines Flight SQ006
Location: Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek Airport, Taiwan
Date: October 31, 2000                                                                            Aircraft: Boeing 747-400

Alaska Airlines Flight 261
Location: Pacific Ocean, north of Los Angeles, California
Date: January 31, 2000                                                                              Aircraft: MD-83

EgyptAir Flight 990
Location: Atlantic Ocean, near Nantucket Island, Massachusetts
Date: October 31, 1999                                                                         Aircraft: Boeing 767-366ER

American Airlines Flight 1421
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Date: June 1, 1999                                                                                  Aircraft: MD-82

Pan American World Airways Flight 103
Location: Lockerbie, Scotland
Date: December 21, 1988                                                                      Aircraft: Boeing 747-100