Eleven of the survivors of the Aeromexico plane crash led by one Nestor Martinez have taken the airline to court suing for negligence on the part of the airline.
Last Tuesday night, Aeromexico Flight 2431 attempted to take off from Durango, Mexico during bad weather and strong winds. The Embraer E-190 regional jet attempted to abort the takeoff, but went down just after the runway.
Somehow, all 103 people on board the flight survived, despite the impact and the fact the plane burst into flames almost immediately after it hit the ground. Authorities said 85 people were injured, and 49 hospitalized — most with minor injuries.
Martinez’s lawsuit accuses Aeromexico of attempting “a takeoff maneuver in unsafe wind conditions,” failing to “adequately monitor wind conditions prior to takeoff” and failing to “obtain proper pitch, yaw and altitude during takeoff,” among other accusations.
Passengers on board the plane said they were questioning why the flight was even proceeding in the inclement weather conditions.
Another passenger, Alberto Herrera, said if felt like the plane flew directly into a hail storm once it took off from DGO. “You can feel the wind, and you can feel the hail hitting the airplane like at maximum speed,” he said. “It’s kind of like we hit the storm, that hail storm, right at its peak so the wind was insane.”
According to Martinez’s lawsuit, he “suffered injuries of a personal and pecuniary nature” due to the airline’s negligence.
“He was injured getting out during the process and the basis of this lawsuit is for them to be compensated for the injuries and really to find out what happened,”
Passengers said the aircraft emergency slide inflated, but could not be used, so they had to climb out.
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