Family sues American Airlines over crash that killed woman, son
Family sues American Airlines over crash that killed woman, son
October 28, 2002
Dallas
(AP) — A man whose wife and adopted son
died in the crash of American Airlines Flight
587 sued the airline Thursday, alleging it was
negligent in inspections.
Reyna Brito Prospero, 49, and Wilberto Pablito
Brito, 9, were among the 260 people on the plane
that crashed Nov. 12 in a New York City neighborhood.
All the passengers and crew and five people on
the ground were killed.
The plane had just taken off from John F. Kennedy
Airport en route to the Dominican Republic.
Wigberto Prospero of New York filed the lawsuit
in federal court in Dallas, where American is
based. The lawsuit alleges the airline failed
to properly inspect the mechanical and structural
components of the Airbus A300 series aircraft.
Safety investigators have said the tail fin, or
vertical stabilizer, on the plane fell off before
it slammed into the neighborhood.
A spokesman for American Airlines would not comment
Thursday on the lawsuit. A similar lawsuit was
filed in Los Angeles in November on behalf of
another passenger.
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