
More than eleven years after the plane crash, the Braunschweig Regional Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by survivors seeking additional compensation for pain and suffering against the Federal Republic of Germany.
The Braunschweig regional court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by 30 survivors of the Germanwings crash in 2015 for additional compensation for pain and suffering against the Federal Republic of Germany.
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On March 24, 2015, a Germanwings plane crashed on its way from Barcelona to Düsseldorf, killing 150 people.
A five-meter-tall golden sun ball in the French Alps commemorates the victims of the Germanwings plane crash in March 2015.
More than eleven years after the plane crash, there was a dispute in Braunschweig over additional compensation for relatives. The court dismissed the lawsuit.
In the lawsuit seeking additional compensation for victims' relatives after the crash of a Germanwings plane in 2015 with 150 deaths, the lawsuit has been dismissed. That's what the judge at the Braunschweig Regional Court said.
More than eleven years after the disaster, 30 survivors filed claims of up to 110,000 euros each against the Federal Republic of Germany. The plaintiffs are convinced that the co-pilot's fitness to fly was not adequately monitored at the time.
On March 24, 2015, a Germanwings plane crashed on the way from Barcelona to Düsseldorf. 144 passengers and 6 crew members were killed. Investigations revealed that the co-pilot at the time had deliberately piloted the Lufthansa subsidiary's aircraft into a mountain.
Even at the start of the trial, the court had given the survivors little hope. The judge said at the time that the chamber assumed that the lawsuit had no chance of success. It was said that the plaintiffs could assert their claims against the airline. Negotiations took place in Lower Saxony because the Federal Aviation Office is based in Braunschweig.
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The Braunschweig Regional Court has dismissed the lawsuit filed by survivors of the Germanwings disaster for additional compensation for pain and suffering against the Federal Republic of Germany, as equivalent claims can be asserted against the airline.
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