US EditionMexican judge rules in favor of plaintiffs in 2018 Cuba plane crash that killed 112
The judge found severe maintenance failures and ordered the owner to pay millions to families, while the insurer was cleared of financial penalties.
- A Mexican judge ruled Friday that the plane involved in a 2018 crash in Cuba that killed 112 people suffered from severe maintenance failures and ordered owner Aerolineas Damojh to pay damages to families.
- The court determined the 2018 crash was an 'institutional accident' caused by maintenance negligence; the Boeing 737 flew for 10 years without maintenance while leased to Cubana de Aviacion before the disaster.
- Judge ordered Aerolineas Damojh to pay $1.5 million to each of the four Mexican crew families who filed suit. The company failed to appear at trial and was tried in absentia.
- Beyond this civil ruling, a class-action civil suit representing all victims is underway, and a criminal complaint for homicide has been filed with Mexico's Office of the Attorney General against the company.
- Attorney Samuel Gonz noted the airline appears to be filing for bankruptcy while the criminal investigation has stalled because Cuban authorities have not provided requested information to prosecutors.
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Mexican judge rules in favour of plaintiffs in 2018 Cuba plane crash that killed 112
A Mexican judge ruled that the plane involved in a 2018 crash in Cuba that killed 112 people suffered from severe maintenance failures and should never have flown, and ordered the owner to pay millions in damages to the families of the victims who sued.
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Mexican judge rules in favor of plaintiffs in 2018 Cuba plane crash that killed 112
A Mexican judge has ruled that the plane involved in the 2018 crash in Cuba suffered from severe maintenance failures and should never have flown.
Latinus The resolution points out that it was an institutional accident, which arose within the company due to the negligence in maintenance and placed the pilots as “the last defense barrier” A Mexican judge proved proven that the plane that crashed almost eight years ago in Cuba, causing the death of 112 people, had serious maintenance failures and should not have allowed its flight, so he condemned the Mexican company that owned the aircraft …
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