Families of victims of the plane crash in Ethiopia that killed 157 four years ago gathered on Friday in front of Boeing’s headquarters, speaking of “absolute impunity”.
“There has been no judicial or criminal investigation in the US of manslaughter”Catherine Berthe, a French national who lost her daughter Camille in the accident, told AFP.
He stood alongside other family members who had traveled there for the anniversary, including from Canada and Germany, holding portraits in the rain of loved ones they lost in 2019, in front of the imposing building that is the company’s headquarters in suburban Washington. .
On March 10, 2019, six minutes after taking off from Addis Ababa, flight ET302 bound for Nairobi crashed in a field southeast of the capital, killing all 157 passengers and crew on board. crew.
The accident occurred before five months were even completed after that, under similar circumstances, 737 MAX of Lion Airlines, when 189 people lost their lives.
The two successive tragedies, which sank her Boeing in the worst crisis in its history, they brought to light the problems in the flight control software, more specifically the MCAS loss of support avoidance system. After 20 months of grounding the entire 737 MAX fleet, the planes have been cleared to fly in the US again.
“Four years later (…) this aircraft is still in the air and is Boeing’s best-seller, while it remains dangerous”Madame Berte enshrined.
US authorities and Boeing struck a deal in early 2021 under which the industry admitted that two of its employees misled authorities in the 737 MAX certification process and agreed to pay $2.5 billion in fines and restitution in exchange for filing the criminal charges against her.
However, this agreement is disputed by Catherine Berte and other members of victims’ families.
A federal judge based in Texas ruled in early February that he did not have jurisdiction to entertain their appeal. The process is at the appeal stage.
In this case the US government and Boeing “were on the same side of the court, against families demanding justice”stressed Adnaan Stoumo, who lost his sister, Samia, when the plane crashed.
Source: News Beast
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