Boeing Has Settled Almost All Lion Air Crash-Death Claims
- Lion Air 737 Max jet crashed in 2018, killing 189 people
- Boeing says it is optimistic about settling remaining cases
Parts of an engine from the Lion Air crash are recovered from the Java Sea in 2018.
Photographer: Azwar Ipank/AFP via Getty Images
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Boeing Co. said it settled 90% of the wrongful death claims filed in a U.S. court over the 2018 crash of a 737 Max jet operated by Lion Air.
Claims relating to 171 of the 189 people on board Lion Air Flight JT 610 have been settled, Boeing said Tuesday in a Chicago federal court filing. The company didn’t say how much it paid the families or estates of the passengers and crew members killed in the crash.