IN RE AIR CRASH OVER THE SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN

No. 18-7193 Consolidated with 18-7195, 18-7196, 18-7197, 18-7198.

946 F.3d 607 (2020)

IN RE: AIR CRASH OVER THE SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN ON MARCH 8, 2014, Elizabeth Smith, as Personal Representative of the Spouses, Next of Kin, Other Statutory Beneficiaries, and the Estates of the MH370 Passengers (See Complaint for Statutory Beneficiaries), et al., Appellants v. Malaysia Airlines Berhad, doing Business as Malaysia Airlines, et al., Appellees

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 10, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen F. Rosenthal , Miami, FL, argued the cause for appellants Thomas C. Gaspard, et al. With him on the briefs was Floyd A. Wisner .

Caitlyn E. Hubbard , Fort Worth, TX, argued the cause for appellant Thomas Wood. With her on the briefs were Marianne M. Auld and Hugh G. Connor II , Fort Worth, TX.

Mary Schiavo was on the brief for appellants Elizabeth Smith, et al. Jodi W. Flowers , Mount Pleasant, SC, entered an appearance.

Eric B. Wolff , WA, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the joint brief were Gregory F. Miller , Telly Andrews , Chicago, IL, and Richard A. Walker , Eric J. Rhine , Houston, TX, entered an appearance.

Before: Wilkins and Rao, Circuit Judges, and Randolph, Senior Circuit Judge.


This appeal arises out of the unexplained disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 somewhere over the Southern Indian Ocean in the early hours of March 8, 2014. A series of extensive searches and investigations conducted over more than four years yielded no definitive answers as to the cause of this tragedy, and all passengers...

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