A United States federal jury has ordered Boeing to pay $29 million in damages to the family of an Irishman killed in the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash, according to reports from RTE.ie and TRT World.
Court Verdict and Damages for Flight 302 Victim’s Family
The federal jury reached its decision after evaluating liability and compensation claims brought by the relatives of the victim, according to RTE.ie. The $29 million award is specifically designated for the family of the Irish citizen who died when the Boeing 737 MAX crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa on March 10, 2019, killing all 157 people on board. Separate legal actions across multiple jurisdictions have targeted the manufacturer over the design flaws tied to the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), which contributed to both the Ethiopian Airlines disaster and the October 2018 Lion Air Flight 610 crash in Indonesia.
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In a related case reported by Yahoo, a separate jury awarded millions to the family of a woman killed in the same 2019 crash.
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