For instance, many
aircraft accidents result in permanent injuries or deaths that can take a severe physical and emotional toll on victims.
If the travel injury sustained due to
the aircraft accident results, within 181 days of the accident, in the death of the insured traveler, in the severance of a limb, or in irretrievable loss of eyesight, speech or hearing, the Accidental Death & Dismemberment (Air Flight Only) coverage will pay the largest amount of the following benefits.
Not exact matches
As a
result of a tragic
aircraft accident during a reconnaissance flight in 1973, Smithson's life and work came to a premature end.
A common misperception of
aircraft accidents is that they all
result in fatalities.
Aviation
accidents may
result from a variety of factors, including failure to properly check for signs of adverse weather, negligent maintenance of an
aircraft or pilot errors.
Catastrophic injuries often occur in serious
accidents involving motor vehicles, watercraft,
aircraft and commercial vehicles as well as other personal injury situations
resulting from medical or nursing home malpractice, dog bites, burn injuries or slip & fall
accidents to name a few.
In recent years, United States registered civil
aircrafts were involved in approximately 1,500
accidents, of which 275 were fatal
accidents resulting in 470 fatalities.