The cancellation of a flight due to the unexpected death of the co-pilot does not exempt the airline from its obligation to compensate passengers, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled on Thursday 11 May (cases C-156/22 to C-158/22).
In July 2019, Portuguese airline TAP cancelled a flight from Stuttgart to Lisbon after the co-pilot was found dead 2 hours before take-off. The passengers were then flown to Lisbon on a replacement flight that took off 5 hours later.
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