Families of 12 passengers on flight MH370 file lawsuits

March 05, 2016 12:40

Families of 12 passengers onboard the ill-fated Flight MH370 have initiated legal proceedings against the carrier, three days ahead of the deadline for the filing of civil suits against the company before the second anniversary of the plane's disappearance.

The plaintiffs, which also included two Ukrainian families, filed their suits yesterday at the high court civil registry, claiming the airline and the authorities had breached their obligations to provide a safe flight. The Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, carrying 239 passengers, enroute from here to Beijing, had disappeared on March 8, 2014.

A global aviation agreement sets a two-year deadline for lawsuits by next-of-kin over air accidents. So far, 16 suits relating to the flight have been filed, with one of them settled out of the court in June, last year.

The families are suing the carrier and the government for negligence, breach of contract, loss of financial support, bereavement, funeral expenses and unspecified damages.

Malaysian Airline System Bhd had on March 24, 2014, sent text messages to the next of kin that all evidence suggested that the plane had gone down in the southern Indian Ocean.

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