Commentaries :: Swissair 111

First Domestic Swissair 111 Settlement
Arthur Alan Wolk, internationally-known aviation attorney based in Philadelphia, on Friday, October 22, achieved a landmark first domestic settlement from Swissair Flight 111... [more]

Cruel Hoax Perpetrated on the Victims of Swissair 111
Swissair and McDonnell Douglas/Boeing have perpetrated the most cruel hoax possibly imaginable on the victims of Swissair 111. In open court before the Honorable James T. Giles, those defendants in some 170 lawsuits filed following the crash, told the court... [more]

New Evidence Reveals Wolk Correctly Identified Cause of Crash Within 24 Hours
According to Philadelphia aviation attorney, Arthur Alan Wolk, analysis of the cockpit voice recorder of Swissair 111 reveals a disagreement between the captain and first officer...[more] 

Complaint Filed for Victim of Swissair 111
The lawsuit, which seeks damages of over $500,000,000, including compensatory and punitive damages against Swissair, Delta Air Lines, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas, claims that... [more]

Defective Wiring is High on List of Potential Sources of Smoke that Befell Swissair 111 
The FAA was made aware long before this crash that Kapton was a hazardous wiring for use in aircraft, yet did not... [more]

Swissair Emergency Procedures Need to be Changed if Simulator Studies are Accurate
Swissair also claims that the airplane could not have descended from 33,000' in time to land at the airport. Wolk says that this statement is absolutely false... [more]

Swissair 111 Cockpit Crew May Have Delayed Landing Too Long
Transcripts just released between the pilots of Swissair Flight 111, and Air Traffic Controllers, reveal a lack of urgency that consumed precious minutes, which could have avoided the crash... [more]

Faulty FAA Oversight may be Contributing Factor in Swissair 111 Crash
If there are four separate areas of the airplane needing examination to avoid electrical fires, the FAA should realize that many other areas would also require inspection... [more]