Malaysian Flight MH370: Relatives of Missing Passengers Settle Lawsuits with Airline company
On March 20, the lawyers of Malaysia Airlines announced that four of the lawsuits filed by the relatives of the passengers of the missing flight MH370 had already been handled out of court. Malaysia Airlines is the company responsible for the disappearance of the Boeing 777 three years ago.
In 2014, Flight 370 disappeared while on its way to Beijing, China from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Until today, the Boeing 777 is still missing and all its 239 passengers are already presumed to be dead.
While the lawyers refused to disclose the amount of money that the families of the victims received from Malaysia Airlines, an expert reportedly estimated the amount to be about $147,000. According to Atty. Americk Sidhu, Malaysia Airlines paid damages in line with the Montreal Convention, a treaty outlining required compensation for air accidents.
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Following the disappearance of Flight MH370 on March 8, 2014, several lawsuits were filed against the airline. However, since a massive search of the Indian Ocean, which was conducted after the incident and concluded just recently, resulted in zero debris, there is no solid proof that the plane had disappeared due to a crash.
Even the families of the victims are not sure as to who should take the blame for the incident. Earlier this month, some 44 relatives of the missing passengers filed a suit against Boeing in South Carolina since MH370 allegedly had some technical issues prior to its final flight.
According to the lawyers of the relatives, the plane might have had a sequence of electrical failures during the flight, disabling its vital systems and making it impossible for the crew on board to communicate with the ground stations. However, a recent analysis of the suit suggests that it could be scrapped since there is no physical evidence that the plane actually crashed.
