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  • Airplane Maker Airbus Industrie Blames American Airlines for 2001 NYC Crash That Killed 265

    03/20/2003 1:00:18 PM PST · by Diddle E. Squat · 22 replies · 401+ views
    NEW YORK (AP) - Airplane maker Airbus Industrie blamed American Airlines in court papers for "improper" flight operations that it said caused Flight 587 to crash in 2001, killing 265 people. The papers, filed this month in federal court in Manhattan, said the airline "failed to operate the aircraft in the manner that was foreseeable and normal or intended by Airbus." "Nothing Airbus did or failed to do caused the accident or any harm or injury to the plaintiffs," the court papers say, referring to the victims of the crash. An Airbus A300-600 crashed on Nov. 12, 2001, minutes after...