Survivors of a Turkish Airlines crash at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport in February plan to sue Boeing in the U.S. according to a Dutch law firm. Nine people were killed when flight TK 1951 from Istanbul crashed on approach to Schiphol on the morning of Feb. 25 and Dutch investigators have said a faulty left-hand altimeter shut down the engine of the Boeing 737-800 before it crashed, said Reuters. Boeing said in response it was “issuing a reminder to all 737 operators to carefully monitor primary flight instruments during critical phases of flight”. Dutch law office AKD Prinsen Van Wijmen said 10 survivors of the crash have agreed on its advice to ask Clifford Law Offices to start proceedings in the U.S. against Boeing. The case could be lodged in two to six weeks. Frans Vreede at law firm AKD said other lawyers in the U.S. are also preparing cases against Boeing, adding Boeing is currently not willing to consider offering a settlement.
Boeing Faces Lawsuit From Dutch Crash Survivors
Dutch law office AKD Prinsen Van Wijmen said 10 survivors of the crash have agreed on its advice to ask Clifford Law Offices to start proceedings in the U.S. against Boeing.
September 8, 2009