Court documents that often precede a lawsuit have been filed by a U.S. law firm on behalf of a relative of a passenger on missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, according to Reuters.
The filing in Chicago asks a judge to order Malaysia Airlines and Chicago-based Boeing Co. to turn over documents related to the possible "negligence" caused the Boeing 777 to crash, including any documentation about the chances of "fatal depressurization" in the cockpit, Reuters reported.
"Additional pleadings will be filed in the next few days against other potential defendants who are designers and manufacturers of the component parts that may have failed in the aircraft," Chicago-based Ribbeck Law Chartered attorney Monica Kelly said in a statement, according to Reuters.
The documents filed Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court seek to preserve evidence, Reuters reported.
They were filed on behalf of Januari Siregar, who the law firm says is a relative of Indonesian-born passenger Firman Chandra Siregar, according to Reuters. The filings were not clear about their exact relationship.
Kelly said lawyers are asking a judge to order Boeing to provide the names of companies that manufactured the locator beacon, the electronic components, batteries and fire alarm systems, the emergency oxygen generators and those who last inspected the aircraft's fuselage, Reuters reported.
The law firm is also seeking from Malaysian Airlines the identities of people with information about the training of the crew; their physical and psychological evaluations; and the security practices of the airline.
Boeing spokesman John Dern declined comment, according to Reuters. Phone and email messages were left for airline officials Wednesday.
In its corporate self-portrait, Ribbeck Law boasts of its success at obtaining compensation for the families of victims of aviation disasters, Reuters reported.
