‘LIABLE FOR DAMAGE’: FAMILIES OF GERMANS KILLED IN MH17 CRASH TO SUE UKRAINE (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Sunday, September 21, 2014, 22:13

Local residents light a candle for victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, outside the Dutch embassy in Kiev (Reuters)

The families of German citizens killed in the Malaysian plane crash in eastern Ukraine are planning to sue the Ukrainian authorities in the European Court of Human Rights, accusing them of manslaughter by negligence.

Ukraine should have closed its airspace if it couldn’t provide for the safety of flights over its territory, Elmar Giemulla, a professor of aviation law representing the three families of German victims, told Bild am Sonntag, a German Sunday newspaper.

"Each state is responsible for the security of its air space," Giemulla said. "If it is not able to do so temporarily, it must close its air space. As that did not happen, Ukraine is liable for the damage."

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