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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11604

30 July 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 28
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / (ae) transport
Flight delay caused by collision with bird not extraordinary event

Brussels, 29/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - The collision of a bird with an aircraft by no means constitutes an extraordinary circumstance, according to the opinion of Advocate General Yves Bot, on Thursday 28 July, who went on to state that an airline cannot deny passengers compensation on these grounds.

This prejudicial question (case C-315/15) was put to the Court of Justice of the EU by a Czech court, to which a dispute between two passengers and an airline had been brought. European...

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