“11·21”空难案性质转化的法律思考

Legal Analysis on Nature Change of＂11. 21＂Air Disaster Case

“11·21”空难案是发生在中国境内的一起航空侵权案件。该案由于美国律师的参与及受害者亲属在美国法院起诉，案件的性质发生了变化，由一起国内航空侵权案转化为涉外产品侵权责任案件。此类案件在中国实属罕见，案件提出的法律问题值得我们深思。本文封该案在哪些方面发生了转变及我们应反思的问题进行了探讨，提出了在经济全球化时代，各国经济的融合必然要求法律最大限度的同一，中国立法应注意与国际社会通行规则接轨问题。

The air disaster of ＂11.21＂ is an aviation tort case took place within the territory of China. Because of the participation of American lawyers and the action in American courts taken by relatives of the victims, the nature of this case changed from a domestic air tort case to a product liability case involving foreign elements. The legal problems that rising from this case are worthy of being pondering upon. This article explores in which aspects this case has changed and the questions we should reflect on, as well as raises the point that in the era of economical globalization, the maximum uniformization of laws is a necessary requirement for the fuse of different countries＇ economies, and that China＇s legislation should be in accordance with the prevailing rules in international community.