“If you are warning about a dangerous condition that impairs a pilot’s ability to think, it is common sense that you make that warning as clear as possible, and Boeing did not do that,” commented Lieff. The pilots’ confusion wasĬompounded by the fact that the very danger being warned of – low cabin air Improper takeoff and landing configurations. On the Boeing 737-200 emits the same sound used to alert pilots about Foremost among these was that the pressurisation warning horn Led to the pilots’ failure to understand the nature of the problems they The complaint alleges that a series of design defects in the Boeing 737-200 In this crash, and they could have prevented it with a proper design of the I am firmly convinced that Boeing and its partners played a substantial role Implementation of a superior system would have cost a minimal amount. Given to the crew were inexcusably vague and late. With the pressurisation system set incorrectly. Recommended for the 737 aircraft made it easy for crews to take off and fly Graf explained that, “the checklists that Boeing composed and Operation and human factors, has been retained by Lieff Cabraser to work on The Swiss Aircraft Accidents Investigation Bureau who specialise in flight Hans-Peter Graf, a former airline commander and investigator in charge at I am very pleased to take this step forward in achieving justice for myĬlients and we intend to make sure that no responsible party escapes accountability for this horrible tragedy.” He told the Cyprus Mail that, “we are all confident and the timeframe, as we understand it, is that we’ll have further developments within the next two months. Lieff, founding partner of the American law firm, explained that “while there appears to have been negligence on the part of the Helios pilots, Boeing was also negligent and shares responsibility for the passengers’ deaths.”Ĭhristos Clerides, whose firm will spearhead efforts to prosecute claims against Helios itself, is working in partnership with Lieff Cabraser in representing the families in pursuing Boeing and any other US manufacturers who may have contributed to the accident. “The investigation of the crash has reportedly found that the pressurisation system on the plane was not properly configured by the pilots at the time the aircraft took off from Larnaca,” the lawyers’ statement said. When the Boeing 737-200 apparently flew without cabin pressure and then One hundred and fifteen passengers and six crew died on August 14, 2005, Pirilides & Associates, of Nicosia and Limassol, the families of victims of the crash of Helios Flight 522 filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against The Boeing Company in the United States District Court in Chicago, Illinois.” In a press release issued yesterday, American law firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein declared: “In co-operation with the Cyprus law firm Phoebus, Christos Clerides, N. Topic: Boeing faces lawsuit over Helios crash Posted By: Steve - SJDīoeing faces US lawsuit over Helios crashĪ TEAM of lawyers representing 11 victims of last August’s Helios Airways plane disaster have announced that the families have filed a lawsuit against Boeing in the United States. View The Full Original Topic: Boeing faces lawsuit over Helios crash Join our free community to post questions, replies or to see the full features of the forum. This is a text archive version of our main content.
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