It was important to have someone to listen, and even more important to have someone who understood.
Rachel Courtney, San Francisco, CA, lost her father James in a private plane crash on 8/4/98
Families we’ve helped
Air India Flight 171 · Ahmedabad, India · 6/12/25American Airlines/PSA Flight 5342 · Washington, D.C. · 1/29/25Voepass Flight 2283 · Vinhedo, Brazil · 8/9/24Yeti Airlines Flight 691 · Pokhara, Nepal · 1/15/23Air India Express Flight 1344 · Kozhikode, India · 8/7/20Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 · Bishoftu, Ethiopia · 3/10/19Lion Air Flight 610 · Indonesia · 10/29/18US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 · Kathmandu, Nepal · 3/12/18Saratov Airlines Flight 703 · Russia · 2/11/18LaMia Flight 2933 · Colombia · 11/28/16EgyptAir Flight 804 · Mediterranean Sea · 5/19/16Flydubai Flight 981 · Rostov on Don, Russia · 3/18/16Meterojet Flight 9268 · Sinai, Egypt · 10/31/15Germanwings 9525 · French Alps · 3/25/15Virgin Galactic · Mojave, CA · 10/31/14Air Asia 8501 · Surabaya · 12/28/14Malaysia Airlines 17 · Ukraine · 7/17/14Malaysia Airlines 370 · Malaysia · 3/7/14Private Plane · Santa Monica, CA · 9/29/13Asiana Airlines 214 · San Francisco, CA · 7/6/13Private Plane · Kenai Peninsula, AK · 7/9/13Private Plane · Oakland, MI · 6/21/13National Air Cargo Flight · Afganistan · 4/29/13Private Plane · Rockingham County, VA · 9/26/12Flying Doctors of Mercy Plane · Mexico · 6/22/12Private Plane · Long Beach, CA · 3/16/11Private Plane · Abu Dhabi · 2/27/11Private Plane · Barrington, NY · 12/22/10Private Plane · South Portland, ME · 7/17/10Air India Express · 5/22/10Afriqiyah Airways Flight 8U771 · 5/12/10Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 · 1/25/10Air France Flight 447 · 6/1/09Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 · 2/25/09Continental Flight 3407 · 2/12/09US Airways Flight 1549 · 1/15/09Aeroflot · 9/14/08Span Air · 8/20/08TAM Airways · 7/17/07Comair Flight 5191 · 8/27/06Airbus A320-211 · Off Sochi, Russia · 5/3/06Bellview Airlines · 10/23/05West Caribbean Airways · 8/16/05Air France Flight 358 · 8/2/05Kam Air · 2/3/05Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 · 10/19/04Kish Airlines Flight 1770 · 2/10/04Georgian Express Flight 126 · 1/17/04Flash Airlines 604 · 1/3/04Turkish Airlines 634 · 1/8/03US Airways Express/Air Midwest Flight 5481 · 1/8/03American Flight 587 · 11/12/01The events of September 11, 2001Private Plane · Milltown, WI · 12/3/00Singapore Airlines 006 · 10/31/00Gulf Air Bus A320 · 8/23/00Air France Concorde 4590 · 6/25/00Alaska Airlines 261 · 1/31/00Egypt Air 990 · 10/31/99American Airlines 1420 · 6/1/99Swissair 111 · 9/2/98Private Plane · Phillips, WI · 8/4/98TWA 800 · Long Island, NY · 7/17/96US Air 427 · Allegheny County, PA · 9/8/94Pan Am 103 · Lockerbie, Scotland · 12/21/88TWA/United Airlines – Mid-Air Collision · Brooklyn, NY · 12/16/1960
Air India Flight 171 · Ahmedabad, India · 6/12/25American Airlines/PSA Flight 5342 · Washington, D.C. · 1/29/25Voepass Flight 2283 · Vinhedo, Brazil · 8/9/24Yeti Airlines Flight 691 · Pokhara, Nepal · 1/15/23Air India Express Flight 1344 · Kozhikode, India · 8/7/20Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 · Bishoftu, Ethiopia · 3/10/19Lion Air Flight 610 · Indonesia · 10/29/18US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 · Kathmandu, Nepal · 3/12/18Saratov Airlines Flight 703 · Russia · 2/11/18LaMia Flight 2933 · Colombia · 11/28/16EgyptAir Flight 804 · Mediterranean Sea · 5/19/16Flydubai Flight 981 · Rostov on Don, Russia · 3/18/16Meterojet Flight 9268 · Sinai, Egypt · 10/31/15Germanwings 9525 · French Alps · 3/25/15Virgin Galactic · Mojave, CA · 10/31/14Air Asia 8501 · Surabaya · 12/28/14Malaysia Airlines 17 · Ukraine · 7/17/14Malaysia Airlines 370 · Malaysia · 3/7/14Private Plane · Santa Monica, CA · 9/29/13Asiana Airlines 214 · San Francisco, CA · 7/6/13Private Plane · Kenai Peninsula, AK · 7/9/13Private Plane · Oakland, MI · 6/21/13National Air Cargo Flight · Afganistan · 4/29/13Private Plane · Rockingham County, VA · 9/26/12Flying Doctors of Mercy Plane · Mexico · 6/22/12Private Plane · Long Beach, CA · 3/16/11Private Plane · Abu Dhabi · 2/27/11Private Plane · Barrington, NY · 12/22/10Private Plane · South Portland, ME · 7/17/10Air India Express · 5/22/10Afriqiyah Airways Flight 8U771 · 5/12/10Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 · 1/25/10Air France Flight 447 · 6/1/09Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 · 2/25/09Continental Flight 3407 · 2/12/09US Airways Flight 1549 · 1/15/09Aeroflot · 9/14/08Span Air · 8/20/08TAM Airways · 7/17/07Comair Flight 5191 · 8/27/06Airbus A320-211 · Off Sochi, Russia · 5/3/06Bellview Airlines · 10/23/05West Caribbean Airways · 8/16/05Air France Flight 358 · 8/2/05Kam Air · 2/3/05Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 · 10/19/04Kish Airlines Flight 1770 · 2/10/04Georgian Express Flight 126 · 1/17/04Flash Airlines 604 · 1/3/04Turkish Airlines 634 · 1/8/03US Airways Express/Air Midwest Flight 5481 · 1/8/03American Flight 587 · 11/12/01The events of September 11, 2001Private Plane · Milltown, WI · 12/3/00Singapore Airlines 006 · 10/31/00Gulf Air Bus A320 · 8/23/00Air France Concorde 4590 · 6/25/00Alaska Airlines 261 · 1/31/00Egypt Air 990 · 10/31/99American Airlines 1420 · 6/1/99Swissair 111 · 9/2/98Private Plane · Phillips, WI · 8/4/98TWA 800 · Long Island, NY · 7/17/96US Air 427 · Allegheny County, PA · 9/8/94Pan Am 103 · Lockerbie, Scotland · 12/21/88TWA/United Airlines – Mid-Air Collision · Brooklyn, NY · 12/16/1960