A US federal court lawsuit has been filed against Boeing over allegations the company’s anti-stall system was defectively designed. The suit is believed to be the first raised against the company over the Ethiopian Airlines disaster that resulted in the deaths of its entire cabin and crew – 157 people. This follows Boeing’s promise to update and fix its 737 Max aircraft anti-stall system – the control system at fault– which may have played a part in the Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air disasters. It has not been reported whether any such agreement for silence and no-sits was ever discussed between Ethiopian Airlines, Boeing and the families of victims in the flight 302 disaster, and Travel Weekly does not make any assumption or insinuation that discussions occurred. Following the news that a lawsuit would be raised against Boeing, Reuters reported that data pulled from the Ethiopian Airlines flight recorder suggested the anti-stall system had been activated before the fatal crash.

Source: Ethiopian News April 01, 2019 00:56 UTC