The crashes took 346 lives. The company has said it made an upfront commitment to fully and fairly compensate every family that suffered losses.
Boeing in 2021 agreed to acknowledge liability for compensatory damages in lawsuits filed by families of the 157 people killed in the fatal Ethiopian 737 MAX crash. In February, the U.S. planemaker sought to exclude any evidence of pain and suffering that passengers may have experienced before the crash.
The settlement allowed Boeing to avoid prosecution, and included a fine of $243.6m, compensation to airlines of $1.77bn and a $500m fund for crash victims over fraud conspiracy charges related to the plane's flawed design.
The airline can be sued for the wrongful death of the passenger. In general, the family can recover financial compensation, known as “damages,” for loss of support, and children can recover for loss of a parent's nurture, care and guidance.
Boeing To Pay $2.5 Billion Settlement Over Deadly 737 Max Crashes. Investigators found that both crashes were caused in part by a flawed automated flight control system called MCAS.
Only one of those pilots was prosecuted and a jury acquitted him at trial last year. Boeing also agreed to pay $2.5 billion, including $1.7 billion in compensation to airlines that had purchased 737 Max planes but could not use them while the plane was grounded for 20 months after the second plane crashed.
Pain and terror felt by passengers before Boeing Max crashed can be considered, judge rules. Families of passengers who died in the crash of a Boeing 737 Max in Ethiopia can seek damages for the pain and terror suffered by victims in the minutes before the plane flew nose-down into the ground, a federal judge has ruled ...
But the families sued, arguing that the agreement was a “sweetheart deal” made behind closed doors, and that under the Crime Victims Rights Act, they should have been allowed a seat at that table.
This treaty stipulates that if an airline is found at fault for an accident, each affected passenger is to get a minimum value equal to 113,100 special drawing rights. This type of plane crash compensation currently equals approximately $170,000 per passenger.
In 2019, it provided $50 million, or $144,500 to each of the 346 bereaved families. This year, the Justice Department's Deferred Prosecution Agreement required Boeing to pay out another $500 million, or $1.45 million per family.
In January 2021, the US charged Boeing with fraud. But the company was able to avoid going on trial, by agreeing to pay $2.5bn, including $500m to the families of those killed, and promising to tighten up its compliance procedures.
The 737 MAX series has been offered in four variants, offering 138 to 204 seats in typical two-class configuration, and a range of 3,300 to 3,850 nautical miles [nmi] (6,110 to 7,130 km; 3,800 to 4,430 mi).
Boeing's attorneys argue that, under Illinois law, if there's not enough evidence that passengers suffered pain and suffering in between their injury and their ultimate death, the aerospace company should only be responsible to pay grief and loss damages to victims' families.
In September, Boeing paid $200 million to settle civil charges by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it misled investors about the safety of the 737 MAX.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Boeing representatives and relatives of some of the passengers killed in two crashes of Boeing 737 Max jets will meet face-to-face in a Texas courtroom Thursday, where the aerospace giant will be arraigned on a criminal charge that it thought it had settled two years ago.
The single biggest factor is the country in which the claim is brought. The US courts have given the highest compensation, with the latest research establishing that the average value of a life lost in a US general aviation accident (light aircraft, business jets, helicopters, etc.) is US$5.2m.
The airline will likely contact you to arrange for you to retrieve the personal effects of your loved one. The airline representatives might sound sincere, offer to make travel arrangements to the site of the crash and other details. In the process, the officials will likely ask to interview family members.
As part of a settlement in a civil lawsuit brought on behalf of the Ethiopian Airlines crash victims, Boeing in 2021 declared that it alone was liable for the ET302 accident and that neither the pilots nor the airline were at fault.
Families of Boeing crash victims say the U.S. failed to consult them. In a court filing, they said that the Justice Department's settlement with Boeing violated a federal law meant to protect victims.
The MAX 8 would seat between 162 to 178 passengers, while the MAX 9 would seat 178 to 193 passengers, depending on the configuration. The seating capacity of the MAX you're flying solely depends on the airline you're flying with and whether they are low-cost or full service.
The 737-700 has an average minimum price of $82.4 million. The 737-800, a preferred model for many airlines, costs $98.4 million.
Boeing has pledged $100 million to a fund for victims' families and communities unrelated to litigation. It agreed to pay $500 million to victims' beneficiaries as part of its broader $2.5 billion Justice Department settlement.