One for the lawyers to answers
I suspect that the LIMIT OF LIABILITY amount was decided as reasonable for ACCIDENTS to give modest compensation, and protect the airline so that it continued to exist and keep on flying. An accident as simply defined.....
BUT this was no accident. It was a deliberate act of mass murder.
Perhaps the lawyers can say when the LIMIT OF LIABILITY is not valid, and if vicarious liability comes into play.
Enough to put the spin doctors into a flat spin as clearly his medical was now invalid (degrade in health since its issue) and therefore his licence was null and void. It follows therefore the aircraft insurance etc is seriously in jeopardy as well?