Accidents Planes: Claim compensation for injury whilst travelling on an aircraft

Accidents on planes can cause injury – during a flight, whilst embarking or disembarking or due to plane crash.

In this section we set out questions from passengers and staff injured whilst travelling on aircraft together with our detailed legal answer as to whether a claim for compensation is possible and how to go about making a claim.

Injuries will often be caused as a result of a defect with the aircraft, air hostess or pilot error, adverse weather conditions or even a plane crash injuring or killing a loved one.

See our plane accident claim index article setting out the questions or simply select an image (with a brief summary) below to be taken to our full article answering the question.

Remember – our aircraft accident claims guide provides a description of how to claim compensation for accidents on board a plane.