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Boeing Evades MAX Crash Trial With Last-minute Settlement

Boeing has accepted responsibility for the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crash, in which 157 people died (Credit: AFP)

Boeing has reached a settlement with a man whose family died in a 737 MAX crash in 2019, a law firm told AFP on Friday, meaning the US aviation giant will avoid a federal trial slated for Monday.

Paul Njoroge, who lost his wife and three children in the Ethiopian Airlines disaster in which 157 people died, was to seek damages from Boeing in a case in Chicago.

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