The Region : Suit Blames Aeromexico in Air Collision

The family of William Kramer, the pilot whose plane collided with an Aeromexico passenger jet over Cerritos last Aug. 31, killing 82, filed suit in U.S. District Court against the airline seeking unspecified damages. The Kramer family said in its suit the airline is liable because it failed to adequately train flight crew members in “see-and-avoid” collision techniques and did not equip the passenger jet with collision-warning devices that might have helped avert the tragedy. The family has also filed a claim against the U.S. government, which is expected to be named as a defendant in the lawsuit should the claim be rejected. The suit joins at least 35 other lawsuits stemming from the disaster now pending before U.S. District Judge David Kenyon.