BAE faces huge lawsuit from Kenyan freight operator

BAE Systems is facing a potential £187 million legal action following accusations of ‘negligent misrepresentation and misstatement’ by a Kenyan airline EnComm over support for its fleet of turbo prop aircraft. The letter before action, seen by CourtNewsUK, comes after the arms manufacturer made a unilateral decision to withdraw the airworthiness certificate for its last commercial aircraft “without any consultation with or formal notice to EnComm”. The decision grounded potentially life-saving humanitarian flights across East Africa and halted aid deliveries…