The Warsaw Convention
The liability of an
airline to its passengers is still governed by the "Convention for the
Unification of Certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air"
commonly known as the "Warsaw Convention", which was signed in Warsaw
on 12 October 1929. Article 17 of the Convention states -
"The carrier is
liable for damage sustained in the event of death or wounding of a passenger
or any bodily injury suffered by a passenger, if the accident which
caused the damage so sustained took place on board the aircraft or in
the course of any of the operations of embarking or disembarking".
As
will be seen the liability has been referred to in the context of accidents.
What the Convention does not do is place liability on the carrier for
looking after the health of their passengers.
The
passengers are responsible for their own health.
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