Court of Justice (Third Chamber) 4 April 2019, C-501/17 (Germanwings GmbH v Wolfgang Pauels.)

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Third Chamber) 4 April 2019 ( *1 ) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Air transport — Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 — Article 5(3) — Compensation to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights — Scope — Exemption from the obligation to pay compensation — Notion of ‘extraordinary circumstances’ — Damage to an aircraft tyre caused