In re Air Crash over the Southern Indian Ocean

TRANSFER ORDER

Sarah S. Vance, Chair

Before the Panel:* Defendants Malaysia Airlines Berhad and Malaysian Airline System Berhad (collectively, Malaysia Airlines) move under 28 U.S.C. § 1407 to centralize pretrial proceedings in this litigation in the Northern District of Illinois. This litigation consists of eight actions pending in the Central District of California, the District of District of Columbia, *1359the Northern District of Illinois, and the Southern District of New York, as listed on Schedule A. The Panel also has been notified of thirty-two related actions pending in the Northern…