RELATIVES OF VICTIMS killed in the 1994 China Airlines (CAL) Airbus Industrie A300-600R crash, in Nagoya Japan, were expected to file claims against the carrier and aircraft manufacturer on 1 November.
Lawyers representing 138 Japanese and Taiwanese families are to sue CAL and Airbus in the Nagoya District Court for $2 million in compensation for every passenger killed in the crash, and other groups may also sue. Both companies are accused of negligence (Flight International, 26 July- 1 August, P8).
CAL, in the meantime, is suing Airbus in the French courts to try and indemnify itself.
The A300 crash on the 26 April 1994, killed 264 of the 271 passengers and crew on board. Japan's Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission is expected to issue its final crash report in December.
Source: Flight International
