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Families of AI-171 Victims to Seek Liability Claims in U.S. and U.K.

Represented by Beasley Allen, families of 65 victims are demanding full disclosure of cockpit voice and flight data recorder information to underpin planned product liability suits in U.S. courts alongside Montreal Convention claims in U.K. venues.

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Overview

  • Beasley Allen, led by aviation attorney D. Michael Andrews, is preparing product-liability claims against Boeing in U.S. federal court and Montreal Convention actions against Air India in U.K. courts.
  • Victims’ relatives have formally petitioned for the immediate release of the flight data and cockpit voice recorders, warning that withholding black-box information undermines confidence in the inquiry.
  • India’s AAIB continues its multi-agency investigation with support from the U.S. NTSB, U.K. AAIB and Boeing representatives after its July report identified unintended fuel-switch cut-offs moments after takeoff.
  • Andrews has challenged suggestions of pilot error in the AAIB’s interim findings, noting that the flight data recorder cannot log manual switch movements and raising the prospect of a technical or design fault.
  • Tata Group has offered ₹1 crore in ex gratia compensation to each passenger family, ₹25 lakh to each ground-victim family and established a ₹500 crore AI-171 welfare trust for survivors and dependents.