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Articles tagged “accidents”

Airlines

Judge in New York questions whether United Airlines can be held liable for 9/11 attacks

The challenges to United begin at airport security, which at the time of the 9/11 attacks was manned by mall cop rejects employed by companies that bid the lowest so as to keep costs lower for airlines that footed the cost.

Basil Katz, Reuters | 12 years ago

Judge in New York questions whether United Airlines can be held liable for 9/11 attacks

Cruises

Costa Concordia trial draws huge crowd of survivors wanting to look captain in the eye

Both Captain Schettino and his employer, Costa Crociere, are denying the allegations, although all the survivors and their families really want is for someone to man up and take some responsibility.

Frances D'Emilio , Associated Press | 12 years ago

Cruises

Captain of Costa Concordia sues for wrongful dismissal

The lawyer for the captain claims due process. And hopefully due process will end up in the right place.

Reuters | 12 years ago

Airlines

Near-collisions at O’Hare airport raise concerns about air-traffic control

Close calls are bound to occur when thousands of planes funnel through the airport each day, but in this case, all of the incidents seem to tie back to a design issue within O’Hare’s control tower that could be easily addressed.

Michael Tarm, The Associated Press | 12 years ago

Cruises

Sue us in Italy, says Carnival to U.S. passengers of shipwrecked Costa Concordia

Miami-based Carnival owns the Costa brands, but is trying to wipe its hands clean of legal issues by pointing to the fine print on passenger tickets that stated all legal action must be filed in Italy.

Curt Anderson, Associated Press | 12 years ago

Sue us in Italy, says Carnival to U.S. passengers of shipwrecked Costa Concordia

Airlines

Eleven years after 9/11 courts clear the way for negligence lawsuits against airlines to proceed

Real estate mogul Larry Silverstein may be only slightly less reviled than Donald Trump, but his lawsuits against United and American focus on pre-TSA security lapses at Boston-Logan where, like at many other U.S. airports, security contracts were determined by lowball offers.

Grant McCool, Reuters | 12 years ago

Airlines

American Airlines and United to face multi-billion dollar lawsuit claiming 9/11 negligence

Those who advocate for the return of private airport security should take note: At the core of the case is culpability of the airline-led airport security that existed prior to the formation of the TSA.

Sakthi Prasad, Associated Press | 12 years ago

Hotels

Small hotels say they’re being railroaded by BP’s Gulf Coast disaster settlement

Despite the fact that gulf tourism ended for at least a year, small hotels are struggling under the weight of proving the exact nature of their losses in 2010 and 2011.

Emily Pickrell, Houston Chronicle | 12 years ago

Cruises

Capsized cruise ship will remain an eyesore on the Italian coast until next spring

It may be more lucrative to turn the Costa Concordia into a floating museum of cruise disasters than attempt to lure tourists to book a spot on the repaired ship.

Associated Press | 12 years ago

Cruises

The 4 most common causes behind cruise disasters and what’s being done to stop them

Waves, storms, fires, and crashes usually plague most nervous passengers’ minds and with good reason, but try to have a little faith – a trained staff is any ship’s best preventative measure.

Skift | 12 years ago