Olympic Airways Flight 417 [SEP] point in time
Olympic Airways v. Husain
Olympic Airways v. Husain, 540 U.S. 644 (2004), was a United States Supreme Court case related to Olympic Airways Flight 417. The case arose from the death on 4 January 1998 of Dr. Abid Hanson, a passenger on Olympic Airways Flight 417 from Cairo, Egypt, via Athens, Greece, to New York City in the United States. Hanson died following exposure to secondhand smoke.
Dr. Hanson, who had a "history of recurrent anaphylactic reactions" and sensitivity to secondhand smoke,
, destroyed the aircraft.
Aircraft.
The aircraft "B-202" was an Ilyushin Il-18B four-engined turboprop built in the Soviet Union in 1959.
See also.
- Inflight smoking
- Olympic Airways Flight 417 – another occurrence caused by inflight smoking
See also Similar accidents.
- Saudia Flight 163
- Air Canada Flight 797
- China Airlines Flight 120
References.
- Citations
- Bibliography