Posted on 06/08/2012 2:36:12 PM PDT by Still Thinking
A man whose wife died when a Nigerian commercial airliner crashed into a crowded neighborhood in that country's largest city filed a lawsuit in the United States on Thursday that blames the accident, at least in part, on U.S. companies that designed, manufactured and sold the ill-fated plane.
An American attorney filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Chicago on behalf of David Chukwunonso Allison, whose wife, Joy Chiedozie Allison, was on the Dana Air MD-83 that went down in the African nation Sunday afternoon. The crash killed 153 people who were on the plane and an undetermined number of people on the ground.
Nigeria's Aviation Minister Stella Oduah said Wednesday that the flight's captain radioed Lagos as the aircraft approached and declared an emergency, saying both of the MD-83's engines had failed. Minutes later, theplane crashed into several buildings.
Without offering details, the suit claims the Pratt & Whitney "engines used a defective and unreasonably dangerous design."
(Excerpt) Read more at pddnet.com ...
Yes.
To paraphrase Johnny Cochran....
If the pockets are deep, the settlement won’t be cheap
NEWSFLASH... 1997 ... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/longterm/boeing/boeing.htm
Boeing planes do have a reputation with total engine loss! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider
Don’t take this too personally sir, but you are full of crap. The “Gimli glider” incident was caused by human error during the fueling process. There’s nothing in the design manuals about building engines that will continue to run with no fuel.
In 1997. Since (limited) production was halted and the last MD-83 delivered in 1999, it's unlikely Boeing actually built the crashed aircraft (they obviously didn't design it).
This is another Nigerian scam - they'll go for an out-of-court settlement...
I don’t know why they keep making these planes that just fall out of the sky.
It’s a wonder they’re still in business.
/s/s/s
I guess you're an authority on being full of crap so I will take your word for it.
The fact of the matter is the Boeing 767 aka "The Gimli Glider" ran out of fuel... both engines went out... (because of no fuel) no thrust... no lift... gravity took over and the pilot did a superb job of landing the plane with no fatalities. There is nothing in this news report that states the cause of the MD-83's engine failure. Human error... who knows.
Yes they did. I worked for MD 15 years and Boeing for one day. I was leaving for another job and my official last day was Boeing's official first day.
Yes.
Literally LOL'd for that one. (I understand they're trying to remove that one from the schedule, though)
Wasn’t that glider incident due to a confusion with the Metric / Imperial units during re-fueling?
Yes. Human error... the pilot's skills and the "RAT" on board the 767 helped save the day.
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