62020CJ0589_SUM
Case C‑589/20
JR
v
Austrian Airlines AG
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesgericht Korneuburg)
Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 2 June 2022
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Air transport – Montreal Convention – Article 17(1) – Liability of air carriers for death or injury sustained by passengers – Concept of ‘accident’ causing death or injury – Bodily injury suffered during disembarkation – Article 20 – Exoneration of air carrier from liability – Concept of ‘damage suffered caused or contributed to by the negligence or other wrongful act or omission of that injured passenger’ – Fall of passenger not holding on to the handrail of a mobile disembarkation stairway)
Transport – Air transport – Regulation No 2027/97 – Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air – Air carrier liability in the event of accidents – Scope – Concept of ‘accident’ – Bodily injury caused to a passenger by a fall on a mobile stairway during disembarkation – Included
(1999 Montreal Convention, Art 17(1); Council Regulation No 2027/97)
(see paragraphs 20-24, operative part 1)
Transport – Air transport – Regulation No 2027/97 – Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air – Air carrier liability in the event of accidents – Bodily injury caused to a passenger by a fall on a mobile stairway during disembarkation – Exoneration of carrier from liability – Condition
(1999 Montreal Convention, Art 20, first sentence; Council Regulation No 2027/97)
(see paragraphs 28-34, operative part 2)
See the text of the decision.