SAN MATEO, Calif.,
April 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The O'Reilly & Danko law firm
of San Mateo, California, and Stewarts of
London have announced that an
unprecedented settlement has already been achieved, only three months after
the crash, for 14 families who lost loved ones in the crash of Adam Air flight
#574 off Sulawesi Island in
Indonesia on
January 1, 2007.
Adam Air flight #574 left Juanda Airport, Surabaya, capital of the
province of East Java, with 96 passengers and six crew members on board, on a
two-hour flight to Sam Ratulangi Airport, Manado, on Sulawesi Island. The
pilot had been warned that the weather was stormy but the plane left on
schedule. Apparently, the plane encountered crosswinds of more than 80 mph
over the Makassar Strait.
Boeing 737 aircraft have previously experienced rudder problems in
accidents at Colorado Springs, Pittsburgh and, more recently, over the Red Sea
off Sharm-el-Shiekh. It is not known if this particular aircraft had the
necessary retrofits.
The plane disappeared from air traffic control in South Sulawesi about an
hour into the two-hour flight. The wreckage of the plane was finally located
about 60 miles off the coast of Sulawesi. Everyone on board was lost.
Adam Air originally agreed to retrieve the black boxes, which were located
by the U.S. Navy. However, the airline has taken no steps to retrieve the
boxes and they are probably impossible to find now.
"We were very pleased to be able to assist these grieving families in
obtaining a settlement so soon after the disaster of January 1," comments
Terry O'Reilly of O'Reilly & Danko. "Usually these kinds of cases drag on for
years, but in this case everyone on both sides wanted to arrive at a
settlement quickly and give some resolution to the families involved."
O'Reilly & Danko continues to be retained by Indonesian families and hopes
that a fair result can be obtained for all the victims' families.
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