Three families which lost seven of their members in the August 20 crash that killed 154 people at Madrid airport are suing Boeing and McDonnell Douglas for damages, their legal representative said Thursday. ... The legal complaint lodged in Illinois in the United States was based on electrical and handbook errors detected in analyses of 15 planes in the MD-80 series that had crashed, said Manuel von Ribbeck of the US firm Ribbeck Law. Three MD-80 planes had crashed over the past 11 months, von Ribbeck said. The accidents occurred in Phuket in Thailand, Isparta in Turkey, and Madrid.
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The legal complaint lodged in Illinois in the United States was based on electrical and handbook errors detected in analyses of 15 planes in the MD-80 series that had crashed, said Manuel von Ribbeck of the US firm Ribbeck Law.
Three MD-80 planes had crashed over the past 11 months, von Ribbeck said. The accidents occurred in Phuket in Thailand, Isparta in Turkey, and Madrid.
