A NEW York man is suing two airlines for $US10 million in damages for injuries he says he incurred when he jumped on a Nigerian man who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner with a bomb in his underwear.
Theophilus Maranga filed the lawsuit Wednesday (local time) in federal court in Manhattan.
He named as defendants Delta Air Lines, Inc., Air France-KLM and Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who awaits sentencing after admitting he tried to blow up the plane.
Maranga claims the airlines were negligent to let Abdulmutallab aboard.
The Wappinger Falls man says he suffered numerous injuries after jumping on Abdulmutallab when he tried to bring down a Christmas 2009 Amsterdam-to-Detroit flight with 290 people aboard. |