Around 80 passengers who survived an Asiana Airlines flight that crashed in San Francisco last July filed a lawsuit on Friday against Boeing, the aircraft manufacturer confirmed Saturday.
The victims of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 are asking for monetary compensation, and want Boeing to take partial blame for the incident that killed three and injured more than 180 others, according to CNN. A Boeing 777 operated by Asiana Airlines flying in from Seoul, South Korea, crashed on the runway of San Francisco International Airport on July 6, 2013.
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The lawsuit, which was filed in an Illinois circuit court, suggests that some of the Boeing equipment on the plane was either not working or improperly installed, which caused the pilot to fall short of the runway, resulting in the crash.
The plaintiffs are alleging that they have had to deal with injury, medical bills, mental anguish, loss of income and more as a result of the crash, according to the suit.
Boeing representative Doug Alder told Mashable that the company does not want to comment on the lawsuit at this time. Monica Kelly, the passengers' attorney who works for Chicago firm Ribbeck Law Chartered, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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