The payouts to families over Boeing 737 Max victims could depend on whether and how long they knew they were about to die, lawyers say
united Nations workers hold a portrait photograph as they mourn their colleagues during a commemoration ceremony for the victims at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash, near the town Bishoftu, in March 2019.People who lost relatives in the two deadly Boeing 737 Max crashes may get more money from Boeing and insurance companies based on how long their relatives knew they were doomed for, according to a lawyer representing families.
A lawyer representing the families of Boeing 737 Max victims said that the payout from Boeing and insurance companies could depend on how long passengers knew that their plane was doomed before it fatally crashed. Nadia Milleron, whose son was killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing Max 737 crash, as a press conference announcing a wrongful death suit against Boeing in April 2019.Power is representing some of the families of the 157 passengers killed a fatal Ethiopian Airlines crash in March 2019. It was the second crash involving the aircraft in less than five months, after a Lion Air plane crashed in October 2018, killing all 189 people on board.
Boeing has acknowledged that the plane's automated anti-stall system, called MCAS, misfired in both crashes, based on information from the preliminary reports into both crashes. Both reports found that the planesand that pilots were unable to stop the plane's noses from repeatedly pointing down.
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