Naoise Connolly Ryan told a Texas judge she’s refused any of the $500 million Boeing Co. was required to set aside to compensate families of 737 Max crash victims under a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. government.
“The secret sweetheart deal is not justice,” Ryan, who’s husband Mick was killed in an Ethiopian Airlines crash in 2019, said Thursday at a federal court arraignment for the company. “I’ve refused to accept the DPA blood money for this reason. I want justice for Mick and the 346 people killed by Boeing.”
Ryan was among a handful of relatives making tearful appeals for the judge in Fort Worth, Texas, to hold the aircraft maker criminally liable. Earlier in the hearing, Boeing pleaded not guilty to deceiving U.S. regulators about changes made to its 737 Max flight control system that led to two horrific crashes.
