Between 2001 and 2004, passengers or their decedents (passengers) purchased plane tickets for international flights on which they allegedly incurred injuries, and, in five cases, deaths, which they attributed to deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a medical condition in which a blood clot forms in the deep veins of the legs.
Before these flights, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the English House of Lords, and the airlines’ own medical personnel had suggested that airlines warn passengers about DVT. Air carriers generally put information about DVT on their websites and in inflight magazines. Air carriers also publicly stated that preventing passenger injury is a priority.
