Legal Opinion
S. A. Empresa De Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense (Varig Airlines) v. Walter Kidde & Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 3, 1982No. 79-3720PublishedCited by 129 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PANNER, District Judge:
Varig Airlines sued the Boeing Company and a component manufacturer, Weber Aircraft, a division of Walter Kidde & Co., for loss of the Boeing 707 that crashed outside Paris,' France, on July 11, 1973, en route from Brazil. Varig appeals from the summary judgment granted by the district court in favor of Weber. 1
The crash occurred after dense smoke completely filled the aircraft, suffocated many passengers, and obscured the pilot’s vision. One hundred twenty-four persons died and the aircraft was destroyed. The French Commission of Inquiry concluded that the probable…
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