The development comes after Boeing attorney Dan Webb informed US District Judge Jorge Alonso that there are now just 68 cases remaining in litigation, as opposed to the 157 passengers on the tragic plane. On Monday, 19 June, 2023 , an attorney representing Boeing spoke with Robert Clifford , a plaintiff's attorney, about preparing a "mediation proposal" that could settle the remaining cases. Judge Alonso of the US District Court gave counsel until July 11, 2023 , to submit briefs regarding a trial timeline for the remaining cases. Five months prior to the tragedy in Ethiopia , a 737 MAX of the same kind crashed in Indonesia , killing 189 people. Two catastrophic Boeing 737 MAX crashes that resulted in a total of 346 fatalities led to the airplane's 20-month global grounding in March 2019 .

Source: Ethiopian News June 21, 2023 12:09 UTC