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06 Sep 2019

Press release on Air France Flight AF447

AF447, Air Disaster, Airbus, Judicial decision

ACVFFI rejects the French judicial decision to hold only the pilots of Flight AF447 responsible for the air accident on June 1, 2009, crashed in the Atlantic Ocean with 216 passengers and 12 crew on board. Leaving out the aircraft manufacturer, Airbus, despite its obvious responsibility regarding external probes. As…

03 Sep 2019

6 months since 737 Max crash in Ethiopia

Air Disaster, Boeing, ET302

Some families of Ethiopian airline crash victims are ACVFFI members. They ask your support for improving air safety, please, read their message below. 00 Days 00 Hours Fight for aviation safety by holding victims’ pictures along with 7 of the families of crash victims of the 737 Max crash in…

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…