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02 Sep 2019

Providing better care

In the year 2000, Hans Ephraimson,President of the Victims Association of the United States attended an ECAC (European Civil Aviation Conference) Workshop in Tallinn, Estonia. A new page in Family Assistance was turned at this event when ICAO decided to support the publication of Circular 285, a guidance document on…

26 Mar 2019

Broken trust: The Boeing’s problems

Air Disaster, Boeing

In 2012 I was invited to participle in the book “Seconds for disaster”, written by Glenn Meade, a journalist, and specialist in commercial flight simulation, and Ray Ronan, captain of A320 and the journalist. When they explain what the book was about, I did not hesitate to accept. The front…

13 Mar 2019

Press release on Ethiopian Airline Flight 203

Air Disaster, Boeing, ET203, Ethiopia

The Air Crash Victims’ Families’ Federation International, a worldwide organization formed by air accident victims associations from several countries, would like to express our pain and dismay for the loss of 157 lives in the disaster of Flight 302 of Ethiopian Airlines. The motivation for the delay of this press communication is the emotion…

18 Feb 2019

Memorial of Flight AH5017

AH5017, Air Disaster, Memorial

On July 24, 2014, aircraft McDonnell Douglas 83 operated by Swiftair for Air Algérie from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to Algiers, Algeria, disappeared from radar about fifty minutes after crashed with 110 passengers and 6 crew members. The six crew members were from Spain. A Memorial has been established in Barajas Airport on their memories and for 110 deceased passengers.…

17 Jan 2019

ICAO has new website on Family Assistance

ICAO

Another great step has be done on Family Assistance. ICAO has posted a new website regarding all updated information about the assistance of air accident victims and their families: Assistance to Aircraft Accident Victims and their Families This initiative supposes every person in every part of the world can know…