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Originally Posted by 4444
i disagree, they will find the plane, they will find the black box, and they will know what happened.
i'm not sure why they'd sue Malaysian officials, they'll all get insurance pay outs from Malaysian Airlines, and unless the Malaysian authorities did something fraudulent or wrong, i'm not sure you can sue for being a bit disorganized or because of some really, really odd occurrence (this definitely falls into that category)
it will take time (didn't it take 2 years to figure out Air France crash - so expect longer than that), but the investigation won't stop until it is figured out so that it can never happen again.
that's the one great thing about flying, if anything goes wrong, investigations will find out exactly what went wrong and put in a fail safe to ensure it can't happen again, or more training, or whatever it is that's required.
I just think this whole situation was handled badly, I don't necessarily think anyone has been malicious with what has and what hasn't been released or said, maybe just stupid
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The AF crash was much different compared to this crash. Not only did this crash occur in one of the most remote parts of the world but they still haven't recovered any wreckage so they really have no clue where the final resting place is for the plane. Also the overall ocean depth is much greater than it was in the AF crash and the people who lead the AF recovery have said publicly that it's going to be a monumental task to recover the MH plane.
And in regards to payouts, I believe the max payout set by a treaty is something like $175,000 per passenger. After that the families can sue the airline because ultimately the airline is responsible for the crash unless they can prove otherwise which is near impossible. So for example if it's terrorism related than lawsuits can argue lax security, etc... which would put blame on the airline. Not only is MH going to have legal issues but if it's determined that the engines or another part on the aircraft failed than the families can and will most likely sue the respected manufacturers.
Most of these lawsuits will likely be filled in US because US jury's will hand out larger amounts of money and talking about lawsuits related to plane crashes, there's still lawsuits pending from the AF crash in Toronto from a few years ago and there was no lost of life so this MH incident will probably drag on for years to come in court.
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David KaminskiMorrow @FlightDKM
Investigators' analysis of frequency change from #MH370, showing better fit with southern zone than northern.
