Families of four AI crash victims sue Boeing in US
Families of four passengers, who died in the Air India plane crash in June, have filed a negligence lawsuit in a US court against Boeing and aircraft parts manufacturer Honeywell International alleging that a faulty fuel cutoff switch led to the crash, according to a statement.
The lawsuit has sought compensatory and punitive damages for the wrongful deaths of four passengers on Flight 171, a US-based law firm said in a statement.
In one of the worst aviation disasters in India’s history, 260 persons, including 241 passengers, died after the Tata Group-owned Air India’s Boeing 787-8 aircraft operating Flight AI171 to London Gatwick crashed soon after taking off from Ahmedabad on June 12.
