A federal magistrate judge in Chicago on Monday granted a request from families of victims of the 2019 Ethiopian Air Boeing 737 MAX crash to provide the U.S. Department of Justice confidential documents and testimony obtained in their civil lawsuit against Boeing. “The families are asking for the opportunity to discuss freely … the criminal behavior, or behavior that the families argue is criminal, with the DOJ,” Brammeier said. It was the second crash involving a Boeing 737 Max within five months. Three previous requests from the families to share the documents with DOJ were turned down by the court. Under Weisman’s order, lawyers for the families will be required to inform Boeing of the specific documents they intend to share with the DOJ.

Source: Ethiopian News June 18, 2024 00:09 UTC