Overview

• Vanessa Miles, a deadheading Endeavor Air flight attendant, filed the suit on July 28 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan seeking $75 million in damages.
• The complaint alleges gross negligence, citing an inexperienced pilot assignment and emergency slide deployment failures that left Miles with traumatic injuries.
• Canada’s Transportation Safety Board preliminary report identified a fractured right landing gear, high sink rate alerts, and gusts up to 35 knots during the February 17 runway rollover.
• At least 19 other passengers have lodged similar claims under the Montreal Convention against Delta and Endeavor Air over the same incident.
• Delta and Endeavor maintain they are fully cooperating with the ongoing TSB investigation and deny any wrongdoing.