Singapore Aviation & General Insurance Co. filed a complaint in Federal District Court in New York to recover damages from Boeing and several other companies it claims to be responsible for the 1997 crash of a Silk Air 737 which killed all 104 persons on board. The complaint alleges negligence in the design of the aircraft and seeks repayment of the plane’s $35-million cost. The filing comes soon after Indonesian investigators determined that there was no “pilot error” involved, but U.S. aviation authorities have questioned the findings.
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