The Crash of Flight 1420

  • 'Forever linked' through Flight 1420

    Evelyn 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, 2004

  • Flight 1420 survivors to gather

    It'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, 2004

  • Training warns crash teams of likely pitfalls

    Lt. 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, 2004

  • 11 lawsuits remain in Flight 1420 crash

    Most 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, 2001

  • Widow of Flight 1420 pilot files suit

    The 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, 2001

  • Russellville park memorializes 6 killed in crash

    More 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, 2001

  • Jurors award Flight 1420 survivor $4.2 million

    An 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, 2001

  • Survivor recounts night of plane crash

    In 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, 2001

  • Crash survivor has crying jags, son testifies

    It 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, 2001

  • Trial opens in Flight 1420 lawsuit

    Because 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, 2001