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DVT not an accident

The alleged failure of international air carriers to warn against the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), or to advise how passengers could minimise the risk, could not constitute an accident under the Warsaw Convention 1929. Nor could the provision of cramped seating which was an integral and permanent feature of the aircraft.

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