A Boeing spokeswoman declined to comment on Thursday's complaintBoeing Co. was sued on behalf of a passenger killed in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight over claims that its 737 Max 8 isn't safely designed, deepening the legal and political woes the planemaker faces. The U.S. aerospace giant lost billions of dollars in market value in the days after the Ethiopia crash as nation after nation announced they were barring the aircraft from flying. "The subject accident occurred because, among other things, Boeing defectively designed a new flight control system for the Boeing 737 MAX 8 that automatically and erroneously pushes the aircraft's nose down, and because Boeing failed to warn of the defect," according to the complaint. Boeing faces the prospect of substantial payouts to the families of passengers if it's found responsible for both the Indonesia and Ethiopia crashes. After the FAA grounded the 737 Max jets in the days following the Ethiopia crash, the manufacturer said it still has "full confidence" in the plane.

Source: Ethiopian News March 28, 2019 22:52 UTC