First passengers in overturned Delta flight sue, alleging negligence
After Delta Connection Flight 4819 crashed onto a Toronto airport's tarmac and flipped over last week, Marthinus Lourens hung upside down, dangling from his fastened seat belt.
Lourens released himself and fell to the ceiling of the aircraft, which seconds earlier had been above his head. By then, he was 'drenched with jet fuel,' according to a new lawsuit.
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First passengers in overturned Delta flight sue, alleging negligence
After Delta Connection Flight 4819 crashed onto a Toronto airport's tarmac and flipped over last week, Marthinus Lourens hung upside down, dangling from his fastened seat belt. Lourens released himself and fell to the ceiling of the aircraft, which seconds earlier had been above his head. By then, he was 'drenched with jet fuel,' according to a new lawsuit.
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