Boeing Settles with Paul Njoroge

Boeing has reached a settlement with Paul Njoroge, a Canadian man whose wife and three children died in the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash. This agreement averts the first jury trial related to the devastating event that led to a worldwide grounding of Boeing 737 Max jets. Njoroge had planned to seek millions in damages and testify about his profound grief. The crash, along with a similar one in Indonesia, killed a combined 346 people due to a faulty sensor system that pushed the planes' noses down. Boeing accepted responsibility for the Ethiopia crash in 2021, allowing victims' families to pursue individual claims in U.S. courts. This year, Boeing also reached a deal with the United States — United States Department of Justice to avoid criminal prosecutions for both crashes. The terms of the settlement with Paul Njoroge were not publicly disclosed.