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撞击事故中美俄乘客遇难,美军会如何赔偿?
250202更新:本文亦發表於鳳凰網 美东时间1月29日晚9点许,美国航空一架CRJ和美国陆军的黑鹰直升机相撞。两机上共67人全部遇难。美国联邦航空管理局(FAA)在事故发生后一小时宣布将会和美国国家运输安全委员会(NTSB)合作调查这起美国24年来最严重的空难,并将由NTSB领导整个调查。 NTSB在事故发生约3小时后宣布派遣队伍开始调查这个发生在距离总部仅10分钟车程的事故。NTSB表示将会在30天内公布初步报告,正式的报告将会在一年或更久后发布。 根据纽约时报的获得的联邦航空管理局内部的初步报告显示,事故发生时里根国家机场的空中管制员数量“不正常”,往常会有两个人分别管理的军事活动和普通航线在发生时仅有一人。 美国总统特朗普在事故发生当晚凌晨一点在真相社交媒体发帖表示空难本身可以避免,并认为过错方在美军直升机和空中交通管制员。他随后在次日的白宫新闻发布会上称多元化、公平和包容(DEI)是导致本次事故的原因。在记者追问后他指出这是常识。 事故的赔偿有许多步骤,在事故发生后,对于国际航班,如果执飞航司注册地是蒙特利尔公约的缔约国,那么,在具体责任认定以前,蒙特利尔公约要求航司给予遇难家属每人10万特别提款权(编者注:特别提款权即SDR,其价值通常以美元来衡量,一单位SDR的价值是1.426606美元。因此10万特别提款权约合94万人民币),这保证了在最需要的时候可以有一些资源能够给到家属,特别是对于需要国际旅行的人。 再经过初步的赔偿之后,如果有投保包括航空意外的保险,那么可以向相关保险公司要求赔偿。除此以外,赔偿便需要经历数年,等待调查结果的公布。然而,调查结果公布并不意味着赔偿的支付,因为事故调查机构发布的调查报告按照惯例只会指出事故可能的原因并给出安全建议,而不会进行责任划分和强制建议的执行。因此之后还需要进行旷日持久的法庭诉讼。 例如2009年法国航空477号班机空难,飞行记录仪“黑匣子”直到空难发生的2年后才被打捞上岸,2012年才公布调查结果。而针法航和空客(事故中飞机生产商)的诉讼在2023年宣判无罪,之后巴黎检察官办公室提出上诉,案件仍在审理中。而该起空难至今已经15年半了。 而如果责任有争议,时间可能更长。但如果发生例如马航MH370没有人知道残骸在哪的事故,可能来自相关事故方的赔偿更会遥遥无期。因此目前航空意外险是相对迅速的赔付方式。例如在MH370事故中除马航先行赔付的5万美元外,其余部分至今仍在等待诉讼结果。 以上这些都只是“简单”模式,现代客机本身是一个全球化程度很高的组合。如果空难涉及的航空部件来自于不同国家,飞机运营商、制造商所在国家也不一样,飞行员国籍甚至维修人员国籍都不一样的话,针对管辖权就会有旷日持久的“拉锯战”,之后或许还有地缘政治等影响。例如发生在2005年的太阳神航空522班机空难后,针对太阳神航空的前员工诉讼(诉讼发生时太阳神航空已停止运营)辗转希腊-塞浦路斯-希腊,之后还有来自保加利亚政府的干预(保加利亚政府认为一名被指控的保加利亚人是无辜的) 如果说国际航班人多眼杂,责任划分容易扯皮,那么国内航班是否会相对好些呢?其实不然,首先国内航班并不受蒙特利尔公约保护,因此家属在第一时间并没有任何的保障,例如本次事件特区政府就发起了专门的基金来帮助事件中的家属。其次,国内航班不代表乘客均为本国人,例如在这次美国国内的飞机上就有至少美、中、俄三国公民,而身在其他国家的家属在发生噩耗后,无论是签证准备、语言不通、对他国法律制度不熟悉,还是因为本身是国内航班因此对他国乘客可能关照不足,都将会是在考验逝者家属的意志力。 上述种种仅涉及民用航空本身,如果涉及到军方误击这种情况事情则更加不同。 例如在1988年两伊战争期间发生的伊朗航空655号班机空难。事发时正常航行的伊朗航空655号班机被美国海军巡洋舰发射的防空导弹击落,事后,美国政府向248名伊朗遇难者作出赔偿,每名有工资的遇难者30万美元,没有工作的15万美元(编者按:原文用的是wage-earner)然而并没有有关于飞机上其他国籍的42名遇难者的报道。美国虽然对事件表示遗憾,但是从未正式道歉。 然而在众多被军方击落的民航客机的记录中,赔钱的还是少数,还有许多被击落但是无疾而终的事故,例如马来西亚航空MH17号班机在乌克兰东部冲突区域被击落,但是并没有任何一方宣布对此负责或事后赔偿。 而这次撞机事故发生和上述不太一样的事情是,就目前初步得到的数据来看,直升机并非是故意撞击美航客机。因此和上面的主动开火并不一致。又增加了复杂性。 但无论如何,再多的赔偿也无法将逝者复活,每一条航空规则都是来自于之前事故“血”的教训,希望各位读者在未来都不会用到本文。
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February‘s CPI reported 6.0%, residents are optimist to the future
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