Overview
- Manant Vaidya of Ontario reached a confidential agreement with Boeing late Tuesday as opening statements were set to begin in U.S. District Court in Chicago.
- The trial concerned claims over the deaths of his parents and sister, while lawsuits over his brother-in-law and two nieces were settled in 2025, according to his attorneys.
- Boeing issued a statement expressing deep sorrow, noting it has accepted legal responsibility in these proceedings and pledged to fully and fairly compensate families.
- A jury had been selected for the consolidated case tied to Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, which crashed after takeoff in 2019 and killed all 157 aboard, including 18 Canadians.
- Investigations found an automated flight-control system relying on faulty sensor data contributed to this crash and the 2018 Lion Air disaster, leading to a nearly two-year 737 Max grounding and a DOJ deal that avoided criminal prosecution.