AI crash families hire US law firm
Ahmedabad, Aug. 8 -- Families of 65 victims from Air India Flight AI-171's deadly crash have hired Beasley Allen, a prominent US aviation law firm that represented families in the Boeing 737 MAX disasters, to pursue legal action against Boeing and Air India.
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.
"Our firm presently represents families of 65 victims. We are determined to follow the data to uncover how and why this tragedy occurred," Andrews said.
The Boeing 737 MAX cases involved two crashes that killed 346 people between 2018 and 2019 - Lion Air Flight 610 in Indonesia and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 in Ethiopia. Boeing paid $2.5 billion under a prosecution agreement, and has since settled over 90% of the claims and paid billions more in individual compensation to families, while acknowledging liability for the crashes caused by the faulty Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System.P2...
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