A former Singapore Airlines flight attendant is suing the carrier for $1.3 million, claiming it failed to supply a secure work environment, resulting in a career-ending injury.
According to Singapore’s The Straits Times, he was diagnosed with a slipped cervical disc after the flight, which Durairaj said ultimately prevented him from continuing to work as a cabin crew member.
Durairaj worked as a flight attendant with Singapore Airlines from April 2016 to April 2021, in response to the newspaper.
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Durairaj, in response to CNA, initially noticed a three-inch, colorless grease stain in economy class because the plane was about to depart San Francisco.
He told a senior flight attendant about it and was instructed to scrub the patch with disinfectant and a paper towel, but Durairaj said it didn’t help, in response to CNA.
After informing a supervisor that the patch remained, the crew tried to scrub it again but were unable to do away with it, Durairaj said.
As the plane later approached Singapore, Durairaj slipped on grease, hit his head on the ground and later needed to be faraway from the plane in a wheelchair, in response to CNA.
“Had proper care been taken, the grease stain would have been removed or steps would have been taken to prevent access to the dangerous area,” Durairaj’s lawyers, Ramasamy Chettiar and Kasturibai Manickam, said of their opening statement, in response to the outlet.
Lawyers cited for instance, in response to CNA, that cabin crew can have rolled a wheelchair onto a grease stain.
Durairaj’s team said he’s looking for $1.3 million in damages, mainly for lack of future earnings and medical expenses.
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According to The Straits Times, lawyers for Singapore Airlines dispute Durairaj’s claims, saying such a grease stain didn’t exist and that Durairaj as a substitute fell into one other a part of the plane.
In 2017 and 2018, Durairaj also filed separate work injury claims that the airline didn’t dispute, Singapore Airlines’ legal team said, in response to The Straits Times.
The proceedings regarding his lawsuit are scheduled to proceed over the subsequent 10 days.
Singapore Airlines’ press team and Durairaj’s lawyers didn’t immediately reply to requests for comment.
