Aviation Injuries

Aviation Injury lawyers in Brisbane & Cairns to support you

While air travel has become a common form of transport and is, for the most part, a safe form of travel, the reality is that aircraft personnel and passengers commonly sustain injuries.

If you have been injured on an aircraft, or in an incident involving an aircraft, you may be entitled to seek statutory workers’ compensation and/or damages (monetary compensation).  The circumstances in which an injury can be sustained are numerous and can potentially include injuries sustained in the following circumstances:

• from a domestic air crash or disaster;
• from an international air crash or disaster;
• while embarking or disembarking an aircraft, including injuries in airport terminals or aircraft stairs;
• caused by turbulence;
• caused by a defect in the design, manufacture and/or upkeep and maintenance of the aircraft;
• caused by the acts or omissions of airline staff; and
• caused by baggage falling from overhead compartments.

Your right to seek statutory workers’ compensation and/or damages is not limited to just physical injuries but may also include psychiatric harm. 

This can be a complex area of compensation law, with different laws governing injuries sustained on domestic and international air travel and given injuries can be sustained interstate or overseas.

You may also have the right to seek statutory workers’ compensation and/or damages if a family member or loved one suffers an injury and/or passes away as a result of an incident on or involving an aircraft.  This includes potentially having the right to seek compensation for loss of dependency, loss of services and/or loss of consortium and/or for any resulting psychiatric injury (known as a nervous shock).

Strict time periods apply to claims for statutory workers’ compensation and damages for injuries resulting from, or in association with, an aircraft.  Consequently, it is important you immediately seek advice in respect to your rights.

If you need help understanding your rights, the legal process and what to do next, we can provide professional assistance, expert advice and quality representation in this area of compensation law. 

Call our experienced lawyers now on 1300 557 844 to have a confidential discussion.

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