Bruce Lampert on The Aviation Briefing: Surviving United 811, and What Comes Next

Katzman, Lampert & Stoll partner Bruce Lampert recently joined The Aviation Briefing podcast to discuss the recent Ryanair mid-air incident and what it reveals about aviation safety more broadly. Bruce brings a rare dual perspective to the conversation: a private pilot with 35 years of flight experience and a former U.S. Navy air intelligence officer, he is also a survivor of the 1989 United Airlines Flight 811 accident — an explosive decompression over the Pacific that he experienced firsthand, mid-career, as an aviation attorney already representing accident victims.

In this conversation, Bruce discusses his own experience aboard Flight 811, what the investigation ultimately revealed about its cause, and how surviving a major aviation accident shaped the way he now approaches his clients’ cases. Watch the full interview below.