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West Caribbean Flight 708
- Issue: Aviation accident
2005 Crash of West Caribbean Airways Flight 708
On August 16, 2005, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 operated by West Caribbean Airways lost engine power and crashed near La Cucharita, Venezuela, during a flight from Panama City to Fort de France, Martinique. Martinique is a province of France. A large number of the victims’ families retained French attorneys to represent them.
In light of Lieff Cabraser’s work on the Flash Air case, those French attorneys asked Lieff Cabraser to advise them on the substance of U.S. laws which may be applicable to a claim against The Boeing Company (successor to McDonnell Douglas) or Pratt & Whitney, the manufacturer of the aircraft’s engines.