International Navigation: Recent Developments in Potential Air Carrier and Governmental Liability

James C. Wilson

Abstract:	The liability of air carriers for personal injury or wrongful death occurring as the result of international aviation accidents is, in many circumstances, governed by the provisions of the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Transportation by Air,i Oct. 12, 1929, 49 Stat, 3000, T.S.876 (1934), reprinted in a note following 49 U.S.C. App. 5 1502 (Warsaw Convention). The Warsaw Convention, a product of international conferences held in Paris (1925) and Warsaw (1929), was designed to: 1) establish uniform rules for resolving certain disputes arising from "international transportation"; and 2) limit the liability of air carriers resulting from aviation accidents involving international flights.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 47th Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation (1991) June 10 - 12, 1991 Williamsburg Hilton and National Conference Center Williamsburg, VA
Pages:	313 - 334
Cite this article:	Wilson, James C., "International Navigation: Recent Developments in Potential Air Carrier and Governmental Liability," Proceedings of the 47th Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation (1991), Williamsburg, VA, June 1991, pp. 313-334.
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