Legal Opinion
American Airlines, Inc. v. United States of America and Sara Ann Creasy, Sara Ann Creasy v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 17, 1969No. 26185PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:
At one minute and thirty-five seconds past seven o’clock1 on the evening of November 5,1965, American Airlines Flight 383 crashed while approach*183ing a landing at the Greater Cincinnati Airport. The aircraft, a Boeing 727, struck the ground at a point which was 225 feet below the elevation of the landing field. Of the sixty-two persons aboard, fifty-eight were killed.
Samuel 0. Creasy, age twenty-nine, was one of those who lost his life. His widow, as administratrix of his estate and as next friend to his minor children, sued American Airlines for his wrongful death under…
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- Ingham v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
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