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Editor: James T. Crouse
Profession: Aviation Accident Attorney

Category: Plane Crashes

Thirteen people have died in six plane crashes in the area so far this year. Following two fatal incidents within a month - a midair collision that killed five and a crash that killed three - the mayor of Corona, CA. formed an Airport Safety Taskforce to assess the safety of Corona's Municipal Airport. The taskforce, made up of nine members including pilots and city and business leaders, met for the first time this week. The first meeting concentrated on the airport's flight pattern and the measures in place not to make sure all pilots follow it. The panel will meet twice a month, have a presentation about the airport by the FAA in March, and release its findings in June.

Corona Municipal Airport is unique in that it has a FAA code of AJO, but no IATA code (International Air Transport Association) - most U.S. airports use the same three letter location identifier code for both. It serves Riverside County, California, and is a public airport which has about 158,000 aircraft operations a year (up from 68,000 in 2004) - all general aviation. The airport has come under criticism lately because it has no operating control tower.