NEW PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES IN THE AIR LAW AIR CRASH VICTIMS FAMILIES PROTECTION

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Preface

Introduction

Chapter I
Advance Payments - Proposals for Supplementary Provisions
1. Prologue
2. Why have advance payments to crash survivors and victims‘ families
become necessary?
3. The responsibilities of the carrier/airline/operator in an incident
with/without fatalities
4. Discussion
5. Proposal
6. Summary and recommendations

Chapter II
Liabilities Deriving from State Aircraft Accidents Still Kept Beyond
International Regulation
1. Introduction
2. Croatia USAF CT-43 crash (April 3rd, 1996)
3. Namibia mid-air collision (Luftwaffe Tu154 and US Air Force C141)
4. Cavalese cable car disaster
5. Polish Air Crash, Smolensk
6. Conclusion

Chapter III
"Extraordinary Circumstances" Under EU Air Carrier‘s Laibility
Supplementary Regulation
1. Introduction
2. Examples of "extraordinary circumstances"
3. Wallentin-Hermann v. Alitalia
4. "Extraordinary circumstances" vs. force majeure
5. Conclusion

Chapter IV
From ICAO Guide to Policy Statement on Assistance to Aircraft Accident
Victims and Their Families
1. Introduction
2. Progress made and lessons learned from air crash crisis management
- The victims‘ experiences - The review of some major air accidents
3. Guidance on Assistance to Aircraft Accident Victims
and their Families (Cir 285)
4. ICAO Policy on Assistance to Aircraft Accident Victims
and their Families
5. Conclusion

Chapter V
The Montreal Convention 2009 And 9/11 - Unsucessful Efforts to Establish
The International Civil Aviation Compensation Fund
1. Introduction
2. Rome system modernization
3. Montreal Convention 2009
4. Criticism of the MC 2009
5. Conclusion

Chapter VI
Some Lessons Learned from Aircraft Investigations in Europe
1. Introduction
2. Chicago Convention - Annex 13 vs. European regulation 996/2010
3. The safety investigating authorities
4. AF 447 and AF 4590 (Concorde)
5. Conclusion

General Conclusion

Bibliography

Appendices