Addis Ababa, July 10, 2021 (Walta) – Families of victims of the two 737 Boeing Max crashes that killed 346 people in Indonesia in 2018 and Ethiopia in 2019 have begun to receive payments from the 500 million USD settlement agreement reached in the case against Boeing.
Ribbeck Law Chartered, which represents more than 90 clients, made the announcement on the 8th of July 2021. The result was achieved after at least three years of litigation by the law firm.
“For most of our clients, this puts an end to the civil and criminal cases filed against Boeing after the tragic crashes of Lion Air JT610 on October 29, 2018 and Ethiopian Airlines ET302 on March 10, 2019,” stated Manuel von Ribbeck of Ribbeck Law Chartered, according to a press release Walta received.
The Ethiopian Airlines jet headed for Nairobi, Kenya crashed shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport, killing all 149 on board including 32 Kenyans, 18 Canadians, nine Ethiopians, eight Italians, eight Chinese, eight Americans, seven Britons, seven French citizens, six Egyptians, five Germans, four Indians and four people from Slovakia.
At least 30 nationalities were on board that ill- fated jet. Another plane of the same model was involved in a crash less than five months earlier, when a Lion Air flight crashed into the sea near Indonesia with nearly 190 people on board.
Earlier this year, the US Department of Justice charged the Boeing Company with conspiracy to defraud the United States. The DOJ charged Boeing after a lengthy investigation which concluded that the company knowingly misled regulators while seeking approval for its 737 MAX aircraft.