At least two passengers have filed demands against Delta Air Lines this week after 21 people were injured on Monday when a plane overturned when landing at Toronto Pearson’s international airport.
The plane, which came from Minneapolis-St. Paul’s International Airport, landed by the blockade, exploded in flames and was turned upside down in the asphalt.
In a lawsuit filed on Thursday, Marthinus Lourens, a resident of Texas, said he was “soaked in fuel for airplanes” when the plane rolled upside down.
“Lord. Lourens was soaked in fuel for airplanes on a flame, and when he did not feel, he fell to the roof on the plane upside down and had to help open the cabin door since the hostess could not open it,” The lawyer Andrés Pereira said in a statement.
The passenger suffered significant wounds in the head, neck, back, knees and face as a result of the plane crash, as well as “additional physical injuries” after releasing his safety belt and fell on the roof of the plane backwards, According to the complaint.
Pereira said Lourens helped other passengers to the plane “despite his physical injuries and trauma.”
In another lawsuit filed on Friday, Hannah Krebs, resident of Minneapolis, said that the accident occurred due to the “gross negligence and recklessness” of the flight crew and the “inadequate training and supervision” of Delta.
“This was a preventable accident that should never have happened,” said lawyer Jim Brauchle in a statement. “Delta’s 4819 flight passengers had their lives to always have suffered such a traumatic experience.”
According to the complaint, Krebs was “violently thrown on the cabin” and suffered “extreme wounds and emotional anguish.”
The Canada Transport Security Board is investigating the incident. A team of American researchers with the National Transportation Security Board is helping. A cause has not been determined.
A Delta spokesman said the airline refuses to comment on pending litigation.
Delta issued a statement on Thursday to correct “false and misleading statements” about the flight crew, and said that the captain and the first officer are “qualified and certified by the FAA for their positions.”
Both demands, presented at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and the United States District Court for the Minnesota district, respectively, claims under the Montreal Convention, an international aviation treaty that It allows demands to be filed in the country of origin of the plaintiff.
The demands were presented this week after Delta offered the 76 passengers in the effort air Flight $ 30,000 each, telling them that “it has no attached ropes and does not affect the rights.”
Delta said Thursday that all injured passengers had been released from local hospitals.
