22Accordingly, where, for no ascertainable reason, a passenger falls on a mobile stairway set up for the disembarkation of the passengers of an aircraft and injures himself or herself, that fall constitutes an ‘accident’, within the meaning of Article 17(1) of the Montreal Convention. The fact that the air carrier concerned has not failed to fulfil its diligence and safety obligations in that regard is not capable of calling into question that classification.
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