The pilots of the flight from Miami to Colombia in December 1995
entered an incorrect code into the flight computer, causing the
Boeing 757 to fly into a mountainside. Four people survived the
crash.
The Airline company previously paid $300 million to the crash
victims and their families. It brought legal action against
Jeppensen Sanderson, a Colorado software company, and Honeywell Air
Transport Systems, a computer manufacturer based in Phoenix to
recover its costs.
The jury found the software company 17% to blame and the
computer manufacturer 7% at fault. American Airlines was considered
75% at fault.
Damages have still to be determined.
