Boeing Settles crash lawsuit.
Miami Herald, page 2C, Friday November 19, 1999 states that
"The families of 56 passengers who died in a 1996 Aero-Peru
plane crash have reached a multimillion-dollar settlement
with the airline and Boeing, the jet's manufacturer
... they were all substantial awards & it was
one of the largest cash awards for a foreign jetliner crash
outside the United States." The article continued by saying
that the average settlement award was approximately $2 million
- in line with the FAA estimate that a life is worth $1.7
million.
The Boeing 757 operated by AeroPeru,
originating in Miami, crashed off the coast of Peru because
of "maintenance, operational and design
flaws
." All aboard
perished. The fact that the families of the deceased
accepted a settlement is another reason why manufacturers
and airlines can continue to build and fly their
ill-designed and low-survivability craft. It is interesting
that the tobacco industry is being practically put out of
business for killing people while the airline industry is
left alone. Is there a political agenda we the people don't
know about?
