1. Where a force majeure event prevents the commencement of carriage or where, before execution of carriage, circumstances occur rendering such carriage a threat to lives, the carrier shall not pay any indemnity on the grounds of failure of execution, nor shall the latter be entitled to receive the fare. 2. Where the force majeure event or threat to lives arises after commencement of execution of carriage, the carrier shall receive the fare only for that part of carriage executed by it.
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