Lightning strikes AA passenger on tarmac at CAE / Columbia, SC
Aug 7, 2015, 11:24 am
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Of course, because this is the new American (citizen, not the airline) mentality. Buck authority at any costs and film any chance of confrontation so you can become the next YouTube sensation....
Aug 7, 2015, 11:38 am
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My condolences to the deceased pax family. Lightning is not to be trifled with. As a sailor, Im usually the alarmist on land who stops the party on peals of thunder.
Apr 30, 2016, 5:02 am
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AA being sued after passenger killed by lightning
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http://www.theweathernetwork.com/new...htning-/67134/
Friday, April 29, 2016, 3:04 PM - American Airlines and Columbia Metropolitan Airport are being sued by a family of a passenger who was struck by lightning and killed last summer.
Last June a flight from Hartford, Connecticut to Charlotte, North Carolina was diverted to Columbia, South Carolina due to bad weather. As the passengers exited the aircraft, 52-year-old Sonya Dockett was struck by lightning on the tarmac and later died.
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/new...htning-/67134/
Friday, April 29, 2016, 3:04 PM - American Airlines and Columbia Metropolitan Airport are being sued by a family of a passenger who was struck by lightning and killed last summer.
Last June a flight from Hartford, Connecticut to Charlotte, North Carolina was diverted to Columbia, South Carolina due to bad weather. As the passengers exited the aircraft, 52-year-old Sonya Dockett was struck by lightning on the tarmac and later died.
Last edited by Microwave; Apr 30, 2016 at 9:22 am
Apr 30, 2016, 6:37 am
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Nobody's supposed to be on the ramp if there's lightning within a certain distance of the airport. If AA violated its guidelines and allowed passengers to walk on the tarmac anyway, then it's a massive safety violation and they absolutely should be held responsible.
Apr 30, 2016, 7:40 am
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That is probably why the airport is also being sued. I doubt AA makes an independent determination of the distance of lightning from the airport.
Apr 30, 2016, 8:01 am
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They may not carry out the actual measurement, but they do make the call on whether or not to allow passengers to board/deboard.