NY Family Plans To Sue Boeing For Deadly Peru Plane Crash Saturday September 10, 6:42 PM EDT LIMA (AP)--A New York family that survived a plane crash that killed 40 people in Peru's Amazon jungle last month is planning to sue plane manufacturer Boeing Co. (BA) (BA) for unspecified damages, their lawyer said Saturday. Manuel Von Ribbeck of the Nolan Law Group told CPN radio the suit, alleging design flaws in the 737-200 aircraft, would be filed next week in Chicago, where Boeing (BA) is headquartered. "There are a series of design and manufacturing flaws in this plane that make the company responsible, even if that did not cause the accident," said Von Ribbeck, who is representing the Vivas family of Brooklyn, N.Y. The TANS Peru plane had 98 passengers and crew on board when a freak hailstorm pushed it off course as it made its final decent to land in the jungle city of Pucallpa, 305 miles northeast of the capital, Lima. The pilot veered the aircraft into a marsh, where it splintered in two and burst into flames. An investigation is underway and the cause of the accident hasn't yet been established. Von Ribbeck said the lawsuit would also name as a defendant United Airlines Flight Academy in Denver, Colo., where he said the TANS crew received flight simulator training. Reached at his home in Brooklyn, Jose Vivas confirmed that the Nolan Law Group was going to file the lawsuit on behalf of his family. "The plane was defective. That's the information I have, and everything is in the hands of my lawyer," Vivas said. Vivas, 43, a Peruvian-American who works as a toll collector in the New York City subway system, survived the crash along with his three daughters, his brother and his sister-in-law. They escaped the disaster with no serious physical injuries, but Vivas said they were suffering from "post traumatic problems." Both Vivas and Von Ribbeck declined to say how much the family would seek in damages. Von Ribbeck said the plane, built in 1983, had a series of design flaws, including the seats, which he said "trapped" many of the passengers, "many of whom were burned alive." He said the emergency lights and escape ramps also did not properly engage and that some of the emergency exit doors did not fully open. (END) Dow Jones Newswires Roger EWROPS