Passengers on fatal Southwest flight sue airline and manufacturers
Eight passengers who were aboard a Southwest flight that was forced to make an emergency landing in Philadelphia after one of its engines blew apart filed suit Wednesday against the airline, Boeing and the companies that manufactured the engine, alleging that they failed to take proper safeguards to prevent the fatal tragedy. One person died and several others were injured in the April 17 incident. “As a direct result of the frightful, death-threatening Flight 1380 incident, each Plaintiff suffered severe mental, emotional and psychological injuries, including post-traumatic stress disorder and physical injuries,” says the 20-page lawsuit filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York on behalf of the passengers. Southwest, the Boeing Company, GE Aviation Systems, Safran USA and CFM International were all named as defendants in the suit. The suit contends that “Southwest negligently failed to reasonably monitor, inspect, test, service maintain and repair the Aircraft and the Engine to keep its aircraft reasonably safe for its passengers, and to remove from service aircraft that were not reasonably safe.”<br/>
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Passengers on fatal Southwest flight sue airline and manufacturers
Eight passengers who were aboard a Southwest flight that was forced to make an emergency landing in Philadelphia after one of its engines blew apart filed suit Wednesday against the airline, Boeing and the companies that manufactured the engine, alleging that they failed to take proper safeguards to prevent the fatal tragedy. One person died and several others were injured in the April 17 incident. “As a direct result of the frightful, death-threatening Flight 1380 incident, each Plaintiff suffered severe mental, emotional and psychological injuries, including post-traumatic stress disorder and physical injuries,” says the 20-page lawsuit filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York on behalf of the passengers. Southwest, the Boeing Company, GE Aviation Systems, Safran USA and CFM International were all named as defendants in the suit. The suit contends that “Southwest negligently failed to reasonably monitor, inspect, test, service maintain and repair the Aircraft and the Engine to keep its aircraft reasonably safe for its passengers, and to remove from service aircraft that were not reasonably safe.”<br/>
