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Ethiopia: U.S. Congress Blames Boeing, Its Engineers for Crash
Nation, 18 September 2020
Paul Njoroge sat up late on the evening of March 9, 2019, tracking a flight from Toronto, Canada, to Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa. Read more »
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Ethiopia: Boeing to Pay Billions in Compensation
Nation, 18 September 2020
The legal action against Boeing over two deadly crashes of its best-selling aircraft has received a major boost after the manufacturer was found liable. Read more »
U.S. Congress Finds Boeing Liable for Ethiopian Airlines Crash
The U.S. Congress has issued a damning report that puts the blame for the Ethiopian and Lion Air crashes squarely on U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing. The country's aviation agency is also facing headwinds for having failed in its oversight and certification of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft. It marks the culmination of 17 months of investigations, involving five public hearings, 24 interviews and 600,000 pages of documents. The crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 on 10 March 2019, about six minutes after take-off, claimed the lives of all 157 people on board.
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A few days after the March 10, 2019 crash of the Nairobi-bound Boeing 737 MAX, Kenyan families who lost loved ones were approached by lawyers or representatives of U.S. law firms to institute claims. These families were not sure if the firms were legitimate and the Law Society of Kenya is working to ensure that this illegal practice does not recur.
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Hundreds of people gathered in Addis Ababa to pay their respects to the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash. Another memorial service is planned for March 10, 2020, the one-year anniversary of the accident.
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Aircraft manufacturer Boeing has reportedly told families who lost loved ones in the Ethiopian Airlines crash in March 2019, that applications for compensation should be made before 2020 and that each family will be entitled to U.S.$144,500. The money comes from a U.S.$50 million financial assistance fund, which Boeing announced in July 2019, according to reports.
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