{"id":353525,"date":"2016-12-21T17:34:21","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T22:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/injury\/torts-and-personal-injuries\/the-montreal-convention-and-air-disaster-compensation.html"},"modified":"2025-09-05T11:30:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:30:22","slug":"the-montreal-convention-and-air-disaster-compensation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/injury\/torts-and-personal-injuries\/the-montreal-convention-and-air-disaster-compensation.html","title":{"rendered":"The Montreal Convention and Air Disaster Compensation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Montreal Convention and Air Disaster Compensation<\/h1>\n\n
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The Montreal Convention of 1999 is an international law that addresses air disaster compensation. If you have an aviation injury, this law may affect liability and damages for your claim.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

When you’re traveling internationally, you may be hurt in an air disaster. Bodily injury and wrongful death<\/a> are the last things you should have to worry about on an international flight. And when multiple countries are part of your itinerary, it can be very confusing to figure out your legal rights.<\/p>\n

It’s hard to know who to sue for compensation when:<\/p>\n