The families of four passengers who died in the fatal crash of Air India Flight 171 have filed a lawsuit in the US against planemaker Boeing and aircraft component maker Honeywell, accusing the companies of negligence regarding the engine fuel control switches of the ill-fated Boeing 787-8 aircraft. The lawsuit is currently the only known case filed in the US–where Boeing is based–by families of the victims of the AI 171 crash.

According to The Lanier Law Firm, which is representing the families of the four victims–Kantaben Dhirubhai Paghadal, Naavya Chirag Paghadal, Kuberbhai Patel, and Babiben Patel–the lawsuit seeks compensatory and punitive damages from Boeing and Honeywell. The law firm did not specify the compensation being sought from the two companies

The lawsuit, filed in Delawa

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