Passenger Surviving Airline Crash Receives $900,000

Plaintiff was a passenger on board an Embraer 120 Turboprop aircraft operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Delta Commuter). While in cruise flight, there was a violent separation of one of the left engine propellers due to fatigue failure which consequently resulted in loss of the No. 1 engine. The crew attempted to make an emergency landing during which time the aircraft crashed in a farm near Carrolton, Georgia resulting in complete breakup and destruction of the aircraft by fire and the death of numerous passengers. Plaintiff sustained Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; torn cruciate ligament right knee.