Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. United States

The questions presented by this appeal are primarily those of fact. It is the contention of the United States that the incontrovertible physical facts demonstrate that the pilot and co-pilot of the airliner owned by Eastern Air Lines, Inc. were negligent in failing to keep a proper lookout whereby the Army bomber, whose pilot was admittedly pursuing an aural null procedure, could have been seen and the collision between the two airplanes avoided. The United States also asserts that the pilot of the bomber did not approach the airliner from the rear and that the angle of the approach of the…