Nemo skrev:Passengers delayed by bird strikes can claim compensation, judge rules - TelegraphThomas Cook had refused to award compensation under EU Regulation 261/2004, arguing that the cause of the delay – a bird strike – was an “extraordinary” circumstance for which it was not liable. However, district judge Iyer ordered the company to pay Mr Ash and four other passengers around £310 each.“
Bird strikes happen every day, in fact many times a day, and would hardly be worthy of comment but for the delay which they cause. They do not fall within the same category as a motorway collision between a car and my previous example of a horse, which would be extraordinary, for the simple reason that our skies are populated with birds, whereas our roads are not populated with horses.”Manchester County Court of Timothy Ash V Thomas Cook.Klicka för att utvidga...
