Some sue Boeing, it is recommended to the JT-610 family of victims to postpone the granting of Lion Air compensation

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The families of the victims of the Lion Air JT 610 PK-LQP registration have been asked to postpone the withdrawal of Lion Air's 1.25 billion rupee compensation. In fact, the victim's family can receive larger compensation funds.

Currently, six families of Lion Air PK-LQP casualties have sued the Boeing Company in the United States as a manufacturer of the Boeing 737 MAX 8. One of them is a family from Rio Nanda Pratama.

The families of the victims involved in Boeing were represented by the lawyer Manuel von Ribbeck of the international law firm Ribbeck Law Chartered. The first session will be held at the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, United States, January 17, 2019.

"According to the Lion rules, if there is compensation, it should not be prosecuted.It is therefore better to differ from taking money because the possibility of obtaining compensation from the America is much bigger, "Manuel told Johny Coffee Shop, Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, Thursday (11/29). / 2018).

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In addition to demanding compensation from the Boeing, filing a complaint with the US court also aims to determine the cause of the accident.

The court investigation will not be affected by the results of a survey conducted by the National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC).

"To be clearer, the problem is in the courts (whether or not it is negligence on the part of the company) .If there is a problem or is not feasible in the flight system, compensation is much greater. "was taken (compensation) Lion," said Manuel.

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"Thus, the American judge does not depend on research done here.The judge has the right to ask from the beginning, so we will look for facts, the evidence themselves," he said.

The Lion Air JT-610 aircraft registered by the PK-LQP crashed in Kerawang, West Java, on Monday (29/11/2018).

In his official statement, the NTSC stated that the aircraft Air Lion-PK LQP was not fit to fly while it was taking the road linking Denpasar to Jakarta on October 28, 2019. The NTSC knew it after checking Black Box l & # 39; air.

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Lion Air's PK-LQP aircraft landed at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta Airport at around 22.56 WIB after 1 hour and 36 minutes of flight. After parking, the pilot reported the aircraft problem to the technician.

The next morning, the Boeing 737-8 (MAX) type aircraft flew again from Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang under number JT-610. The plane carrying about 189 pbadengers and crew members then crashed into Karawang waters about 13 minutes after takeoff.

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