Boeing settles with families of Ethiopia 737 MAX plane crash victims

Boeing reached a settlement with the victims’ families from the March 2019 crash of one of its 737-MAX aircraft that claimed 157 lives.

In the settlement, Boeing accepted responsibility for Ethiopian Airways flight 302 losing control shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. The plane crashed into a nearby town. There were no survivors.

At the time, it was the second crash to involve a Boeing 737-MAX aircraft in six months. After the Ethiopian crash, US authorities grounded the 737-MAX until Boeing could fix the plane’s faulty software.

In its settlement, Boeing admitted that its software was to blame for ET 302’s loss of control and destruction, and that the 737-MAX was in an “unsafe condition” to fly.