The elements of aircraft product liability

Sadeghimoghadam, Mohammadhasan; Eshraghi Arani, Mojtaba

The elements of aircraft product liability

Authors

¹ University of Tehran

² university of Tehran

Abstract

In spite of technology developments in aviation industry, the world is beholder of every day air incidents and casualties in different –especially developing- countries. Experts' reports show that aircraft product defect is definitely making part of the cause. In this regard the liability of aircraft manufacturers in view of liability elements (negligence, product defect, causal relationship and damages) has been affected by aviation law regulations and standards from which this article is going to provide a general theory.

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