Aviation Accident Causes: Maintenance Errors
The Aircraft Maintenance Division of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is responsible for the rules, requirements, performance standards, and maintenance practices designed to ensure the continued airworthiness of civil aircraft.
Despite the many rules and requirements in place, planes still fall from the sky because of maintenance issues. Why does this continue to happen?
In some crashes, particularly those involving small private planes, air charters or sightseeing aircraft, the maintenance errors in question are directly related to an aircraft operator's decision to cut corners on maintenance costs. In other accidents, poorly written manufacturer's manuals or the human conditions known as exhaustion, overconfidence, laziness, indifference and incompetence are primarily to blame.
The list of potential causes in an airplane accident investigation is long and finding answers to the questions raised by these accidents can be difficult because key evidence is often destroyed on impact.
In order to uncover the truth and narrow that long list of possible causes down to an actual cause such as maintenance error or some other cause, you will need a law firm that has proven experience, patience and a determination to succeed.
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