A US jury ordered Boeing to pay 29 million dollars to the family of a victim of the 2019 737 MAX crash.
The victim was Michael Ryan, an Irish engineer. According to reports, Ryan was an employee of the UN World Food Programme (WFP).
The Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 crash, which occurred on March 10, 2019, resulted in 157 deaths. Among the deceased were 21 UN employees traveling to attend the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA), according to reports.
Aircraft software and previous accidents
Boeing recognized in 2019 that the MCAS anti-stall software played a role in the 737 MAX accidents, according to reports. An identical aircraft from the Indonesian airline Lion Air crashed on October 29, 2018, killing 189 people, according to reports.
This award follows other legal developments. In May, the family of a 24-year-old American woman received 49.5 million dollars in compensation, according to reports.
Amount awarded to a victim's widower in a previous trial, according to reports.
