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IN RE AIR CRASH IN BALI, INDONESIA

M.D.L. No. 215. Nos. CV 75-1364-DWW, CV 76-1120-DWW and CV 75-3293-DWW.

462 F.Supp. 1114 (1978)

In re AIR CRASH in BALI, INDONESIA. John P. CAUSEY, Jr., Individually and as Executor of the Estate of John P. Causey, Sr. and as Administrator with Will Annexed of Estate of Virginia D. Midgett Causey, Plaintiffs, v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, INC., a New York Corp., Defendant. Margaret G. JOHNS as Guardian as Litem of John Treloar Ryder, Sarah Jane Ryder and Simon Bruce Ryder, minors, Plaintiffs, v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, INC., a New York Corp., Defendant. Simone RYDER, Individually and as heir of John Willson Ryder, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, C. D. California.

October 27, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. George Glasco, Los Angeles, Cal., James G. Butler, Butler, Jefferson & Dan, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs on behalf of the heirs and next of kin of John Willson Ryder (deceased).

Mark D. Robinson, Horgan & Robinson, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs on behalf of the heirs and next of kin of John Paul Causey and Virginia D. Midgett Causey (deceased).

Daniel W. Winters, Philip L. Johnson, Tucker & Coddington, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant Pan American World Airways, Inc.

MEMORANDUM

DAVID W. WILLIAMS, District Judge.

On April 22, 1974 a Boeing 707 aircraft operated by Pan American World Airways as Flight 812 was headed from Hong Kong to the island of Bali, Indonesia, intending to land at Den Passar Airport, located at the island's southern tip. In darkness it began its descent and landing approach, but became lost. Instead of retracing its path and climbing higher, the crew kept the craft at an inordinately low altitude for...

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