A US federal judge has ordered Caribbean Airlines (CAL) to pay about US$272,000 in damages to a Connecticut , US woman injured in a plane crash at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri in 2011.
According to the Associated Press, Judge Michael Shea in Hartford ruled on Tuesday that Caribbean Airlines was responsible for the injuries of Indrawatie Shiwbodh. The decision came in Shiwbodh’s lawsuit against the airline and after a non-jury trial before Shea, the report said. Lawsuits by other passengers were settled, and Shiwbodh’s case was the only one to go to trial.
Shiwbodh, 47, was among 157 passengers and six crew members on a Boeing 737-800 that overshot the runway and broke in half. There was no fatality but dozens of people were injured.
