AMSTERDAM, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Survivors of a Turkish Airlines crash at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport in February plan to sue Boeing in the United States for up to $20 million each, a Dutch law office said on Monday.
Nine people were killed when flight TK 1951 from Istanbul crashed on approach to Schiphol on the morning of Feb. 25 and Dutch investigators have said a faulty left-hand altimeter shut down the engine of the Boeing 737-800 before it crashed.
Boeing said in response it was 'issuing a reminder to all 737 operators to carefully monitor primary flight instruments during critical phases of flight'.
Dutch law office AKD Prinsen Van Wijmen (AKD) said 10 survivors of the crash have agreed on its advice to ask Clifford Law Offices to start proceedings in the United States against Boeing. The case could be lodged in two to six weeks.
'Boeing does not comment on open litigation,' Boeing spokesman Jim Proulx said.
Frans Vreede at law firm AKD said other lawyers in the United States are also preparing cases against Boeing, adding Boeing is currently not willing to consider offering a settlement.
Severely injured passengers could claim up to $20 million in damages each, Vreede said.
(Reporting by Aaron Gray-Block; Editing by Jon Hemming) Keywords: DUTCH CRASH/ (aaron.gray-block@thomsonreuters.com; +31 20 504 5001; Reuters Messaging: aaron.gray-block.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
Nine people were killed when flight TK 1951 from Istanbul crashed on approach to Schiphol on the morning of Feb. 25 and Dutch investigators have said a faulty left-hand altimeter shut down the engine of the Boeing 737-800 before it crashed.
Boeing said in response it was 'issuing a reminder to all 737 operators to carefully monitor primary flight instruments during critical phases of flight'.
Dutch law office AKD Prinsen Van Wijmen (AKD) said 10 survivors of the crash have agreed on its advice to ask Clifford Law Offices to start proceedings in the United States against Boeing. The case could be lodged in two to six weeks.
'Boeing does not comment on open litigation,' Boeing spokesman Jim Proulx said.
Frans Vreede at law firm AKD said other lawyers in the United States are also preparing cases against Boeing, adding Boeing is currently not willing to consider offering a settlement.
Severely injured passengers could claim up to $20 million in damages each, Vreede said.
(Reporting by Aaron Gray-Block; Editing by Jon Hemming) Keywords: DUTCH CRASH/ (aaron.gray-block@thomsonreuters.com; +31 20 504 5001; Reuters Messaging: aaron.gray-block.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.