The airlines have claimed that delays caused by technical faults should also count as extraordinary circumstances, and have used this argument to deny payments.
For a fee that can exceed 50% of the payout, these companies will contact the airline on behalf of the passengers and, since 2014 when the supreme court allowed passengers to claim for delays caused by technical faults, dozens of firms have sprung up across Europe.
"The issue has been caused by technical faults at local masts rather than, as reported, being the result of the removal of masts.
"Such simultaneous shutdowns cannot be caused by technical glitches".
The Kremlin, which says the blackout was caused by technical problems, promptly rejected his claim.
None of these LLDs were caused by technical failure.
These differences were not caused by technical issues.
Revisions for technical errors. 2 stem revisions were caused by technical errors.
Anonymous officials analysing the plane's black boxes told French media that an explosion can be heard in the recording and that data showed the disaster could not have been caused by a technical fault or human error.
In Cairo, Mohammed Abdel Rahman, of Egypt's Civil Aviation Ministry, told The Independent that "there is a world standard of safety from all planes" flying through Sharm el Sheikh airport, though he would not comment on Metrojet's earlier claim that the crash was not caused by a technical fault or pilot error.
Alexander Smirnov, deputy general director of the Kogalymavia airline, said today that the crash could not have been caused by a technical fault or human error, and instead blamed "external activity" for the incident.
