The sister of a woman who died in a February 2009 plane crash in Buffalo, N.Y., and who had been a prominent spokeswoman for victims of 9\/11 terror attacks and their survivors \u2013 has filed a wrongful death suit against three airlines, including Houston-based Continental.<\/p>\n
Beverly Eckert, a widow since the death of her husband, Sean Rooney, on September 11, 2001 – in the attacks on the World Trade Center on that date – was among 50 passengers and crew aboard Continental Connection flight 3407 departing Newark\u2019s Liberty International Airport on February 12, 2009, that crashed less than 100 yards from its destination of Buffalo-Niagara International Airport. Her sister, Margaret Eckert, has filed a wrongful death suit against three airlines, including Houston-based Continental.<\/p>\n
The flight was operated by Continental Airlines contractor Colgan Air, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tennessee-based Pinnacle Airlines Corp.<\/p>\n
Margaret Eckert, the executor of her deceased sister\u2019s estate, appeared in federal district (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The sister of a woman who died in a February 2009 plane crash in Buffalo, N.Y., and who had been a prominent spokeswoman for victims of 9\/11 terror attacks and their survivors \u2013 has filed a wrongful death suit against…<\/span><\/p>\n