KING v. EASTERN AIRLINES, INC.

No. 86-938.

536 So.2d 1023 (1987)

Charles KING, Appellant, v. EASTERN AIRLINES, INC., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Amended on Denial of Rehearing October 25, 1988.

On Rehearing October 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Podhurst, Orseck, Parks, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow & Olin and Joel Eaton, for appellant.

Thornton, David & Murray and Kathleen M. O'Connor, for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, HENDRY and BASKIN, JJ.


On Rehearing En Banc October 25, 1988.

BASKIN, Judge.

On May 5, 1983, Eastern Airlines' Flight # 855 departed from Miami International Airport, bound for Nassau, in the Bahamas. En route to Nassau, one of the airplane's three jet engines failed. Shortly after the flight crew turned the plane around and headed back to Miami, the second and third engines failed. The airplane began losing altitude, and the passengers...

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