Separately, the families urged lawmakers in letter to demand that the US Federal Aviation Administration turn over internal emails and documents spanning the Lion Air crash and one month after the Ethiopian crash. Boeing has mostly settled civil litigation stemming from the Lion Air crash, but still faces over 100 lawsuits in Chicago federal court related to the second crash. The plaintiffs' lawyers are focusing on what Boeing knew about the causes of the first crash and why the plane continued to fly. Those victims' families also want to know what FAA management, which in November lifted a 20-month safety ban of the MAX, understood about the first crash. Last month, Boeing reached a $2.5 billion settlement with the Justice Department over the 737 MAX crashes, including a $243.6 million fine.

Source: Ethiopian News February 27, 2021 00:11 UTC