It is expected to open the floodgates for dozens of other people who have suffered deep vein thrombosis. Writs are expected to be served today on British Airways and Virgin Atlantic, claiming negligence in failing to tell passengers of the risks of blood clots developing. The legal action. Launched by the campaign group Victims of Air Related DVT Association, includes ten cases in which people died and 20 survivors who say their health was ruined. It is feared that up to one long-haul passenger in ten suffers the condition, sometimes called 'economy class syndrome' although it is not confined to cheaper seats, and 2.000 Britons a year could be killed by it.
Blood clots start in the legs and can travel to the lungs with fatal results.
Many victims may not die until days or weeks after flying. The firm are experts in transport litigation and represented many survivors of the Paddington rail disaster. We want a change in the law to make sure they have to declare the full risks of DVT'. What we are being told is too little, too late'. She said her mother had passed a health check by her GP before setting off for Australia last June.