US aviation giant Boeing was "negligent" in the 2019 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX 8 aircraft, the lawyer for the family of one of the victims told a Chicago federal civil court on Wednesday.
The accident, which claimed a total of 157 lives, led to 155 civil lawsuits filed by relatives of the victims.Â
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