The crash of the Boeing 737 MAX jet came only five months after the same model of plane plunged into the sea off Indonesia. They haven't consulted any families," Kenyan lawyer Kabau-Wanyoike, whose younger brother George was aboard the doomed Ethiopian Airlines flight, told Reuters. Boeing said the multi-year payout was not connected to the lawsuits that more than 100 families have filed against it. It did not specify how the money would be divided, which organizations would benefit or how it might relate to victims' families. Nomi Husain, a U.S. lawyer representing seven families, said his clients, including the Kabau family, had all reacted badly to the announcement.

Source: Ethiopian News July 04, 2019 14:48 UTC