The 737 Max machines crashed in Indonesia in October 2018 and in March 2019 in Ethiopia, a total of 346 people were killed. The preliminary agreement must still be approved by a judge. This would make a process against Boeing on June. It should take place in front of a federal court in Fort Worth in the US state of Texas.
The relatives of some crash victims reacted disappointed. The bereaved felt “enormous grief and even anger over the sudden turn” in that case, said their lawyers. According to the government, the relatives of more than 110 victims, on the other hand, approved the comparison or at least do not want to contest it.
The Trump government wipes an agreement with Boeing from the table, which was achieved under its predecessor Joe Biden. In July 2024, the aircraft manufacturer agreed to owe the “conspiracy to fraud in the United States” guilty of the certification of 737-max machines.
After the crashes, all 737 max machines worldwide had been shut down for 20 months. In April 2019, Boeing admitted that the aircraft had problems with stabilization software, which was then revised.
