In re Air Crash Disaster at Pago Pago, American Samoa, On January 30, 1974

*502OPINION AND ORDER

On January 30, 1974, a Pan American World Airways commercial aircraft, manufactured by the Boeing Company, crashed while on approach for landing at Pago Pago, American Samoa. Twenty-eight actions arising out of the crash have been filed in four different districts. Certain plaintiffs move to have all actions stemming from the crash transferred to the Central District of California for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407. All responding parties favor the transfer of these actions to a single district for such pretrial proceedings.

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