India, Aug. 14 -- Families of 10 ground victims killed in the Air India Flight AI-171 crash on June 12 have engaged Beasley Allen, a prominent US aviation law firm that represented families in the Boeing 737 MAX disasters, to pursue legal action.

The firm, led by aviation attorney D Michael Andrews, is exploring product liability claims against Boeing in US federal courts and Montreal Convention claims against Air India in UK courts, though no lawsuits have been filed yet.

"We are presently representing families of 80 victims of the plane crash. They include families of 10 victims who died on the ground due to the crash," said Andrews who was in Ahmedabad recently. Among them are families which lost medical students who were on the camp...