The airline Germanwings and its parent company, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, may still face significant legal liability claims for the crash of Flight 9295, according to aviation lawyers. This liability exists despite indications that the co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, deliberately crashed the plane and hid his medical problems from the airline. Aviation litigation specialists argue that the airline has unlimited liability unless it can prove it was free from fault, which could be challenging. Factors such as inadequate psychological monitoring and the absence of a two-person cockpit rule at the time could be cited as partial fault of the carrier. The airline’s insurer, a unit of Allianz, retains the liability regardless of the co-pilot’s intentional actions.
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Originally published by Robert Wall | Mar 29, 2015 | The Wall Street Journal
