The Crash of Flight 1420
American Airlines Flight 1420 crashed off the runway at Little Rock National Airport the late night of June 1, 1999. The pilot and 10 other people died. Carla …
by BY CARLA KOEN AS TOLD TO RON WOLFE DEMOCRAT-GAZZETTE May 31, 2009Evelyn Soo decided Monday night to let go of a secret she didn't want anymore. So she took out a notecard, wrote a few words and taped a small piece of green m…
by BY ANDREA HARTER ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE June 2, 2004It's been a long storm season for the surviving passengers of American Airlines Flight 1420 - five years to the day since the plane crashed off the end of a ru…
by BY ANDREA HARTER ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE June 1, 2004Lt. Col. Jeff Arnold talked about surviving American Airlines Flight 1420 with his buddies in the Alaska Army National Guard, with the schools that invited him…
April 15, 2004Most of the Flight 1420 lawsuits have been settled, with 11 remaining on U.S. District Judge Henry Woods' docket in Little Rock.
by ANDREA HARTER July 16, 2001The inquiry into what caused American Airlines Flight 1420 to crash in Little Rock on June 1, 1999, is nearly complete. A draft of the final report has been wr…
by ANDREA HARTER July 16, 2001The entertainment console in Lisa Rowe's Cabot living room features Barbies in mint condition, Beanie Babies of all types and Wheaties boxes celebrating the ce…
by ANDREA HARTER June 18, 2001The widow of American Airlines Flight 1420 pilot Richard Buschmann has sued Arkansas entities contending they failed to upgrade Little Rock's airport before th…
by ANDREA HARTER June 5, 2001More than 300 people gathered at the busiest intersection in town Friday to dedicate a park in memory of the six residents who died when American Airlines Flig…
by ANDREA HARTER June 2, 2001American Airlines will appeal all but one of five jury awards in lawsuits arising from a June 1, 1999, crash in Little Rock of Flight 1420. "We are appealing o…
by ANDREA HARTER May 21, 2001An eight-member federal jury awarded Joe Rustenhaven $4.2 million Friday for damages he sustained in the crash of American Airlines Flight 1420. His wife was a…
by ANDREA HARTER May 5, 2001In a halting monotone, Joe Rustenhaven told a federal jury that he was knocked unconscious at least three times when American Airlines Flight 1420 crashed whil…
by ANDREA HARTER May 4, 2001It would be absurd to suggest that Joe Rustenhaven has "facticious disorder," a malady that would cause him to fake being sick just to get attention, his couns…
by ANDREA HARTER May 3, 2001Because of the head injuries he suffered in the 1999 crash of American Airlines Flight 1420, and the post-traumatic stress that has followed, Joe Rustenhaven's…
by ANDREA HARTER May 2, 2001A federal jury awarded a Benton woman and her two children $3.3 million Friday for the injuries they suffered when American Airlines Flight 1420 crashed in Lit…
by ANDREA HARTER April 28, 2001