Less than two days later Delta Air Lines offered $ 30,000 with each passenger Aboard the flight which crashed and returned to Toronto On Monday afternoon, the company faces its first two proceedings in the incident – and they will probably not be the last.
Delta would bomb approximately $ 2.3 million in total if the 76 passengers who were on his CRJ-900 plane from Filial Endeavour Air took his offer, but a man from Texas says he deserves more.
In one of the two proceedings deposited on Friday, the passenger says that being “suspended upside down” and “soaked with jet fuel” caused him “serious emotional distress and mental anxiety”. He says he also underwent “important injuries to the head, neck, back, knees and face”.
The other trial, submitted to the name of a woman from Minneapolis who was in flight, alleges that she suffers from “extreme bodily and mental injuries”. The trial also alleges that the driving crew has not observed “the most fundamental procedures for an landing approach” in the airport.
There may be more to come by due to the Montreal ConventionAn international treaty governing how airlines are responsible for passenger injury, luggage damage and freight loss.
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Under the treaty, passengers injured on international flights can be offset up to $ 200,000, but it could be more if the airline is negligent. Passengers have two years to bring legal action under the treaty.
Twenty -one people were hospitalized after Landing Flight from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Thursday, the CEO of Delta, Ed Bastian, announced All have since been released.
On the $ 30,000 offer from the company for each passenger who was on board the flight, a spokesperson for the Delta Care team informed the passengers that “this gesture has no attached strings and does not affect not the rights “.
THURSDAY, Delta also published more information on the flight captain and the first officer In the midst of false rumors online according to the two which had failed training events. The company claims that the two are certified by the Federal Aviation Administration, and the captain followed “the pilot and flight security training capacities”. The first officer, who was hired last year by Endeavour, also has “the highest level pilot certification in the United States”, according to the airline.
THE The investigation into the reason why the theft has crashed itselfWith crews from the National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA helping their Canadian counterparts.
Delta officials refused to comment on the current dispute.
