Legal Opinion
Alexander Ramsay, Jr. v. The Boeing Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 29, 1970No. 28266PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:
This is a wrongful death action arising out of the crash of a commercial jet airliner near Brussels, Belgium, on Feb*594ruary 15,1961. Liability is predicated on Belgium law.1 The airliner, a Boeing 707-329, was operated by Sabena Belgium World Airlines, and was manufactured by the defendant Boeing. At the time of the fatal crash, the airliner, serving as Sabena Flight 548, which originated in New York, was making its final approach to the Brussels airport, when it apparently experienced one or more serious mechanical malfunctions and crashed to the ground. This…
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