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From AOPA Germany
Following the illegal paint attacks o private airplanes in Germany, a big question for all aircraft owners is whether their fully comprehensive insurance policies have to pay for such an act of politically motivated vandalism, or whether they fall under the exclusion criteria riot, civil war, which can only be covered by supplementary insurance for war risks.
Here René Bierholt has good news for us: “With the support of a Danish lawyer with insurance expertise, we contacted the insurance company, who still believes that they are not obliged to pay according to the policy. But she explained that in our case they will make an exception and make our payments.”
This is good news, but we need a binding and conclusive clarification as soon as possible on how insurance companies deal with cases of politically motivated vandalism. If you want to be on the safe side here, you should ask your insurance company for an opinion, and ideally forward it to the AOPA. So far, we have received a number of statements, but they do not yet provide a uniform or complete picture.
On a positive note, it looks like the “last generation” activists have changed the shape of their protest. At Sylt Airport, they recently protested in penguin costumes against the lifestyle of the rich and private flying, but refrained from attacking aircraft with paint.
The criminal complaint against the activists who carried out the paint attack in Berlin is apparently having an effect and causing a rethinking of a non-violent protest.
Let's hope that these senseless attacks on the two aircraft that have been damaged so far in Berlin and on Sylt will not be repeated.
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