Wallentin-Hermann v Alitalia – Linee Aeree Italiane SpA Case C-549/07
Court of Justice of the European Communities
“A technical problem in an aircraft which led to the cancellation of a flight did not constitute a sufficiently extraordinary circumstance to justify the carrier refusing to pay compensation to passengers unless the problem stemmed from events which, by their nature or origin, were not inherent in the normal exercise of the carrier’s activity and were beyond its actual control.”
The Times, 16th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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