This is to say of American lawyer Mike Andrews, who will fight a case against the Boeing Company on behalf of the families of 65 victims of Ahmedabad plane crash. In this case, Andrews, who reached Gujarat, has given an exclusive interview to Divya Bhaskar, in which he has raised many questions on the Boeing company and said that everyone is watching what is happening in India at this time.
Question: How many families have joined legal action? Are British citizens also involved in this?
Answer: We currently have 65 aggrieved families with us. These include the passenger of the plane and the families of those killed on the ground. They are citizens of both Britain and India. He has approached our law firm.
Question: What legal options do families have?
Answer: After finding out the causes of plane accidents, those options will be decided. For example, if there is a malfunction in the Boeing aircraft, a case will be registered against Boeing in the US. Maybe there is a problem with sub-component manufacturing or software developer. It all depends on what is the problem. If it is only the fault of Air India or Pilot, the matter will be according to the Montreal Convention. It will be recorded in Britain or India.
Question: What was the real reason for the Ahmedabad plane accident? Pilot’s mistake, technical fault or anything?
Answer: Right now we are thinking with an open mind. We do not know. We feel that it is too early to take any decision now.
Question: Why do you consider Boeing responsible only? Why not Air India?
Answer: We do not want to guess beforehand. We say that all the information should be revealed. The entire flight data recorder and voice recorder should be revealed. We just want to check the evidence without reaching any guess or conclusion. For this, the data of flight data recorder and voice recorder is very important.
Question: On which legal grounds will you hold Boeing or other companies responsible? What will be the legal basis?
Answer: It depends on what caused the accident. For example, engine controller software. If the problem is in the thrust control malfunction monomodation system, we will decide on the basis of it. Thrst control malfunction is a software package, which is designed to prevent the engine from walking at a high speed.
Question: When Boeing knows that another case is going to be registered against him, what will happen?
Answer: Any such incident is negative for any construction company. Therefore, whatever is happening in India at this time, the whole world is eyeing it.
Question: Do you think Boeing will use its strength to suppress the truth?
Answer: Boeing and other manufacturers are very powerful in the US. He has a powerful lobby. He has a powerful PR. He has a powerful speaker. I think Boeing will use all these to protect his product. They will ensure that their product is safe.
Question: Why does the Western media always hurry to convict the pilot without any evidence?
Answer: We are constantly hearing this story. Pilot’s mistake is convicted in many plane accidents. The pilot can make any kind of mistake and lead to an accident. In such cases, it is easy to respond immediately and blame the pilot, as he cannot defend himself. If we find evidence like flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder, then we can reach the conclusion of what happened at the time of the accident.
