Passenger Liability under the Warsaw Convention

• Author: John D. Holding
• Pages: 31-40

Chapter 4: Passenger Liability under

the Warsaw Convention

NOTE: For commentary and case law on those provisions com-

mon to both the Montreal and Warsaw Conventions, see the refer-

ences to Chapter 3 set out below.

A.DEATH AND BODILY INJURY

1)Ambit of Liability

The carrier is liable for damage sustained in the case of death or

bodily injury to a passenger,

•caused by accident,

•on board the aircraft or in the course of the operations of

embarking or disembarking.1

These provisions are the same as corresponding provisions in the

Montreal Convention.

1Warsaw Convention, art. 17.

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