She wrote this article for Perspective. Planes, names, faces and families change, but the final line is the same. The answer is yes. In June, an American Airlines MD-80 stopped less than 100 feet from the Arkansas River, narrowly avoiding becoming the sixth.
Financial liability comes even later.
To date no passenger has been able to actually collect. The time lapse is simply too great to deliver the sting necessary to stop the tragedies. Airlines' costs are paid by insurance companies. The government is frequently immune from liability. Step 1 is to understand how the system works.