Two dozen foreign
insurance companies have become defendants in a $32 million court case
over damages relating to a Russian Sukhoi SuperJet 100 passenger jet
that crashed in Indonesia last year.
The
Arbitration Court of the Khanty-Mansiisk autonomous region has accepted
a case filed by Kapital Strakhovaniye, a part of Rosgosstrakh, the
nation's leading insurer, against 24 insurance companies, Vedomosti
reported Monday, citing the court.
Among the defendants are such
leading global players as Berkshire Hathaway International Insurance,
Chartis Europe, a subsidiary of AIG, Italy's Assicurazioni Generali,
Spain's Mapfre Global Risks and Nepal's Oriental Insurance Company.
Kapital
Strakhovaniye is claiming $32.4 million in damages from the companies
that provided insurance to the 48 people on board — which include
citizens of five countries and 8 employees of the aircraft manufacturers
Sukhoi.
The SuperJet plane crashed in May last year during a
demonstration flight which took off from Indonesia's capital, Jakarta.
The flight was part of a tour around Asia designed to drum up business
for the new plane and support the struggling Russian civilian aviation
sector. According to investigators, the crash was caused by human error —
mistakes made by both the pilot and ground control.
Kapital
Strakhovaniye is itself a defendant in another damages case, filed
against it by Sukhoi, which wants the insurer to pay $29.5 million. That
case will be heard in the Moscow city arbitration court in July.
NTSB Identification: DCA12WA071
Accident occurred Wednesday, May 09, 2012 in Mt. Salak, Indonesia
Aircraft: SUKHOI SJ100, registration:
Injuries: 4 Fatal.
This
is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors.
The foreign authority was the source of this information.
On May
9, 2012, at 1450 local time, a Sukhoi SJ100-95, Russian registration
RP97004, collided with terrain about 35 miles south of Jakarta,
Indonesia. The airplane was on a demonstration flight. The 40 passengers
and 4 crew were fatally injured, and the airplane was destroyed.
This
investigation is being conducted by the National Transportation Safety
Committee of Indonesia (NTSC/KNKT). As the state of design and
manufacture of the the ACSS/L3 Terrain Warning and Traffic Collision
Avoidance System (T2CAS), the NTSB appointed a U.S. accredited
representative upon being invited to do so by the NTSC.
All inquiries should be directed to the NTSC at:
National Transportation Safety Committee
Ministry of Transportation Building 3rd Floor
Jl. Medan Merdeka Timur No. 5
Jakarta 10110
Indonesia
www.knkt.go.id
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