This archive report was first published on 18 September 2019.
Published on September 18, 2019, families of victims from the Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max crash are seeking documents from Boeing and US regulators on the decision not to ground the aircraft after a previous deadly accident.
The crash of Lion Air 737 Max in Indonesia in October 2018 killed 189 people, while 157 died in the accident in Ethiopia five months later.
The MCAS anti-stall system was implicated in both crashes.
Instead of grounding the Max after the Lion Air crash, the US Federal Aviation Administration issued an airworthiness directive reminding pilots of emergency procedures and asked Boeing to provide a fix for the aircraft.
Robert Clifford, a lawyer representing Ethiopian Airlines crash victims, made the request at a hearing before a Chicago judge.
"The decisions to keep those planes in service are key," Clifford said.
Boeing is cooperating with investigating authorities, but declined to comment directly on the lawsuit.
