Drunken air rage passenger jailed – BBC News
“A 50-year-old man from Staffordshire has been jailed for six months for a drunken air rage attack on a plane.”
BBC News, 5th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: aircraft
Barclay v British Airways plc – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal
“A passenger slipping on a plastic strip embedded in the floor of an aircraft was not an accident since there was no distinct event which was not part of the usual, normal and expected operation of the aircraft and which had happened independently of anything done or omitted by the passenger.”
The Times, 4th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Wallentin-Hermann v Alitalia – Linee Aeree Italiane SpA – Times Law Reports
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
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Man jailed for getting drunk on plane – The Independent
“A man who terrified passengers on a plane after drinking a bottle of vodka in the toilet cubicle has been jailed for 12 weeks, police said today.”
The Independent, 13th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Wallentin-Hermann v Alitalia—Linee Aeree Italiane SpA – WLR Daily
Wallentin-Hermann v Alitalia—Linee Aeree Italiane SpA (Case C-549/07); WLR (D) 3
“A technical problem such as an engine defect that came to light during a routine check on an aircraft and resulted in cancellation of a flight did not normally justify the carrier in refusing to pay compensation to passengers on the ground that the flight had been cancelled owing to ‘extraordinary circumstances’.”
WLR Daily, 7th January 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Barclay v British Airways plc – WLR Daily
Barclay v British Airways plc [2008] EWCA Civ 1419; [2008] WLR (D) 412
“Where a passenger slipped on a standard fitting plastic strip embedded in the floor of an aircraft in its normal state and sustained bodily injury, there was no ‘accident’ within the meaning of art 17.1 of the Montreal Convention 1999 since there was no distinct event which was not part of the usual, normal and expected operation of the aircraft and which had happened independently of anything done or omitted by the passenger.”
WLR Daily, 5th January 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Climate bill ‘to include planes’ – BBC News
“Aviation and shipping look set to be included in a government bill targeting cuts in greenhouse gases, to head off a rebellion by backbench MPs.”
BBC News, 28th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
MPs rebelling over climate bill – BBC News
“The government is fighting to head off a backbench rebellion over its plans to exclude aviation and shipping from the UK’s greenhouse gas targets.”
BBC News, 23rd October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
MoD pays out tens of thousands of pounds over animals killed by jet training – The Times
“Low-flying by the RAF caused the death of or serious injuries to dozens of horses, cows, chickens and other animals in a series of incidents for which the Ministry of Defence has paid tens of thousands of pounds of compensation.”
The Times, 1st September 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Families sue ‘negligent’ MoD for Nimrod explosion deaths in Afghanistan – The Times
“Two of the families who lost sons in the RAF Nimrod that burst into flames over Afghanistan two years ago, killing all 14 people on board, will begin a landmark damages suit against the Ministry of Defence in the High Court today. ”
The Times, 1st September 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
