Germanwings plane crash News
Germanwings Offers Emotional Damage Payments to Families of Crash Victims
Germanwings is offering 25,000 euros ($27,958) compensation payments to close relatives of those killed in the March 24 plane crash for their pain and suffering, the airline said on Tuesday. Evidence ...
Lufthansa’s Knowledge of Crash Pilot’s Depression Could Impact Insurance Claims
The German pilot who crashed a plane in the French Alps last week, killing 150 people, told officials at a Lufthansa training school in 2009 that he had gone through a period of severe depression, ...
Allianz Estimates $300M Cost for Germanwings Crash
Allianz estimates insurers will pay $300 million in claims and costs stemming from the crash of a Germanwings plane in the French Alps last week, insurance industry sources said on Monday. The figure ...
Lufthansa Risks Unlimited Liability in Germanwings Crash
Deutsche Lufthansa AG may face unlimited liability for payments to families of victims of the Germanwings jet crashed by its suicidal co-pilot, according to lawyers. "The liability for the victims ...
Germanwings Crash Spotlights Risk as Pilot-Caused Disasters Rise
The suspected intentional destruction of a Germanwings jet by a pilot shows the need for new protections against suicidal crew members—a threat emerging as one of the worst in modern aviation, ...
Germanwings Crash Thought to Be Deliberate
The co-pilot of the Germanwings flight that crashed in the French Alps appears to have deliberately flown the aircraft into a mountainside, killing 150 people, after locking the captain out of the ...