Huzar v Jet2.com Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 791; [2014] WLR (D) 239
‘A technical problem in an aircraft which could properly be described as the result of usual wear and tear did not constitute “extraordinary circumstances” within the meaning of article 5(3) of Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 such as to exempt the carrier from the obligation to compensate passengers for delay, notwithstanding that the problem neither had been discovered nor was discoverable by a reasonable regime of maintenance and inspection.
WLR Daily, 11th June 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
