In Re Multidistrict Civil Actions Involving the Mid-Air Collision Near Hendersonville

OPINION AND ORDER

On July 19, 1967, a Boeing 727 being operated by Piedmont Aviation, Inc., collided in mid-air with a private aircraft near Hendersonville, North Carolina resulting in the death of 82 persons. Litigation has been commenced in various federal and state courts on behalf of the estates of many of the persons who died in this catastrophe. On November 19, 1968, the defendant Lanseair, Inc., filed a motion with this Panel requesting the transfer of all pending federal actions to the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina for coordinated or…