Just as a trial was set to begin this week in Chicago, Boeing agreed to a settlement with a Canadian man who lost six family members in a 737 Max 8 plane crash in Ethiopia in 2019. Manant Vaidya, of Toronto, lost his parents and sister, along with three in-laws in the crash. The Ethiopian Airlines crash happened less than five months after another 737 Max 8 jet crashed, when a Lion Air flight plunged into the sea off Indonesia in 2018. After those incidents, Boeing was forced to ground all of its 737 Max planes for nearly two years to install required system upgrades. The deal allowed Boeing to avoid criminal prosecution for allegedly misleading U.S. regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before the two crashes.

Source: Ethiopian News January 14, 2026 17:24 UTC