An airplane crash lawsuit can occur after a fatal or non-fatal airplane crash. A fatal airplane crash involves the death of passengers and crew, a non-fatal airplane crash results in no deaths but can result in injury. Each type of airplane crash lawsuit is handled by the airline carrier working in partnership with the Federal Aviation Administration. The Federal Aviation Administration regulates all air travel in the United States. They have created laws that deal with air safety, including laws pertaining to airplane crashes. This agency has the knowledge needed to work with the airline carriers and the families who are injured when it comes to airplane crash lawsuits. The Federal Aviation Administration will work to keep the lawsuit from going to a federal court. It will submit the lawsuit to a negotiation process that will consider the claims of all parties involved. Sometimes this process is not successful and a mediator, or 3rd party, can be brought in to handle the differences. If the problems cannot be resolved to the satisfaction of all parties involved the next step is to submit the case to the federal court.