丈夫馬航空難中喪生 妻子起訴索賠百萬美元

A Malaysian woman whose husband was on the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is seeking $7.6m in damages from the airline and the government.

近日，失聯的馬航MH370客機上一名乘客的妻子要求馬來西亞航空公司和馬來西亞政府賠償760萬美元。

Her lawsuit also names Malaysia's civil aviation authority and air force for losing track of the plane with 239 people on board on 8 March 2014.

她的這一訴訟還提及馬來西亞民航管理局和空軍未能掌握該航班的飛行路線。2014年3月8日的這架航班上共有乘客和機組人員239人

Many more similar lawsuits are expected before a two-year filing deadline set by a global aviation agreement.

在國際航空協議規定的兩年索賠期限到期之前，預計還將有更多乘客家屬提出索賠。

In the lawsuit, Ms Devi - together with her two sons and parents-in-law - alleges wrongful death of her husband, S Puspanathan, due to negligence and breach of contract by Malaysia Airlines and the Malaysian government authorities.

在本訴訟中，德維夫人與兩個兒子及公公婆婆聯名發起訴訟稱，德維的丈夫普斯帕納桑是由於馬來西亞航空公司和政府當局的瀆職和違約而意外死亡的。

"They were waiting for some development in the search for the plane but nothing has been forthcoming so far. Everyone is hoping for some answers through the court," her lawyer, Shailender Bhar, told the Associated Press news agency.

她的代表律師沙伊倫德·巴爾接受美聯社採訪時表示：“他們一直在等待搜尋工作能夠取得一些進展，但是至今成果甚微。每個人都希望法庭能做出答覆。”

Several other relatives of some of the passengers on board MH370 have either already filed or are preparing to file similar claims in other countries, reports say.

據報道，馬航MH370客機上其他部分乘客的家屬也已在其他國家提出了訴訟，或者正在準備提出訴訟。

The 1999 Montreal Convention allows each next-of-kin of an air crash victim to claim up to 113,100 special drawing rights (SDR), a mix of currency values established by the International Monetary Fund. The value - which changes regularly - currently equals to about $157,000. However, a plaintiff filing a lawsuit can seek more.

根據1999年蒙特利爾公約規定，空難受害者的每名直系親屬可以要求最高113100 SDR特別提款權的賠償。特別提款權是由國際貨幣基金組織根據多國貨幣價值所定的，它會定期改動，根據目前的標準，約相當於約15.7萬美元。不過，如果家屬以原告身分向法庭訴訟，則可以要求更多賠償。

Based on satellite communications data, the plane is thought to have crashed in the Indian Ocean, but only one piece of debris from the aircraft has ever been found, on the French island of Reunion.

根據衛星通訊記錄顯示，該航班已經墜毀在印度洋，但是迄今未止，只在法屬留尼旺島上發現了一塊屬於這架客機的殘骸。