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BEATTIE v. U.S.

Civ. A. No. 82-3520.

690 F.Supp. 1068 (1988)

Martin John BEATTIE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

July 7, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juanita M. Madole, Joseph T. Cook, Speiser, Krause & Madole, Washington, D.C., Speiser, Krause & Madole, Santa Ana, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Debra J. Kossow, Sr. Trial Atty., Jan K. Von Flatern, Asst. Director, Torts Branch, Civil Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant; Lt. Barbara Swift, Office of the Judge Advocate General, U.S. Dept. of Navy, Alexandria, Va., of counsel.

OPINION

HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge.

This lawsuit charges United States Navy air traffic controllers stationed at McMurdo Naval Station on Antarctica with responsibility for the loss of life sustained in the most serious air disaster in the history of New Zealand, when an Air New Zealand DC-10 passenger aircraft crashed into Mt. Erebus, killing all 237 passengers and 20 crew members.1...

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