Aviation Lawyer Jonathan C. Reiter Filed Suit Against US Airways, Inc.

DALLAS, Dec. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Frank Gabbamonte, a resident of Hawthorne, New York, filed suit today against US Airways, Inc. for injuries sustained when US Airways Flight 1702 crashed upon take-off at Philadelphia International Airport on March 13, 2014. Mr. Gabbamonte sustained injury when he struck his left shoulder on the ground while utilizing one of the escape slides during the emergency evacuation of the airplane. Mr. Gabbamonte did not initially realize that he had been seriously injured, but increasing pain led him to seek consultation with an orthopedist two weeks after the accident. Mr. Gabbamonte was diagnosed with tears of the left rotator cuff, labrum and biceps tendon caused by the accident. After an unsuccessful course of physical therapy, he underwent arthroscopic surgery of the left shoulder on June 6, 2014. He has, however, remained significantly disabled from the injuries and was unable to continue his employment delivering heavy auto parts.

Although initial reports had indicated that a tire blow out in the front landing gear had caused the accident, documents obtained from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) now show that pilot error was the cause of the accident, and that the tail of the aircraft struck the tarmac first.  These documents indicate that as the crew taxied on the runway for departure, the captain noticed that the wrong departure runway was displayed on his navigation display. The first officer manually corrected this but failed to re-verify other parameters, particularly relating to speed. As a result, when the Captain advanced the throttles, a warning "chime" was heard from the computers as well as a message relating to the throttle setting. This message was apparently not heeded properly. Other warning messages followed.  The aircraft lifted off and climbed to approximately 70 feet. The Captain told investigators that once the wheels were off the ground, he had the perception that the aircraft was unsafe to fly and moved the throttles to the idle position. This caused the tail of the airplane to strike the runway, driving the nose landing gear into the runway, causing its tires to blow out and the nose landing gear to collapse. The airplane skidded down the runway approximately 2000 feet and came to rest along the left runway edge. The passengers were evacuated via several escape slides.

Mr. Gabbamonte's attorney, Jonathan C. Reiter, a prominent aviation accident lawyer with offices in the Empire State Building, who has represented victims of many major airline crashes, including American Airlines Flight 587, Egyptair  Flight 990 and Continental Connection Flight 3407 stated:
"While the NTSB has not yet issued its final report, the documents obtained thus far from the FAA clearly indicate that the flight crew negligently failed to ensure that take-off performance data was configured properly prior to departure and failed to keep the aircraft under proper control during an aborted take-off. Additionally, the documents indicate that the pilot in command should not have been flying that day, since he had undergone a medical procedure two days prior to the accident in which he had been given medications that were not yet completely out of his system. Guidelines indicate that airmen should not fly until at least 60 hours have elapsed after the last dose of these medications."

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