The Malaysian government has officially declared the
disappearance of flight MH370 an “accident” under Annex 13 to the Chicago Convention. It was reported that such statement aims at
facilitating compensation of the families of victims. In law, it is not unusual
to use the same terms with different meanings in different context. Such is the
case of the term “accident” as used in accident and incident investigation, and
in airline liability. The above Malaysian declaration causes confusion and
raises questions.
