OPINION
BYBEE, Circuit Judge:
Today we clarify that a plaintiff does not have to prove that an airline violated an Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA") standard to establish that there was an "accident" under Article 17 of the Convention of the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Transportation by Air ("Montreal Convention"). Because the district court held otherwise, requiring the plaintiff to provide evidence the airline had failed...
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