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Air India airplane crash: four families of victims file lawsuit against Boeing and Honeywell

Allegations of negligence and design defects at the heart of the legal battle following the June tragedy

Three months after the tragic crash of Air India Flight 171 (see AVIONEWS and related links), the families of four of the 260 victims have filed a lawsuit in the United States against aerospace giants Boeing and Honeywell. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Washington, accuses the two companies of negligence and willfully ignoring the risks associated with a design flaw in the plane's fuel controls.The...

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AccidentsAir India flight 171: AVIONEWS reconstructs the incident using a simulator

When both engines shut down on takeoff. Detailed analysis based on the AAIB's preliminary report - VIDEO

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