"An Ontario man has reached a settlement agreement with Boeing almost seven years after six of his family members died in a plane crash. It comes just days after a U.S. wrongful death trial began for the family in Chicago over the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 plane in 2019. The flight heading to Kenya crashed shortly after takeoff from the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, resulting in the deaths of all 157 people, including 18 Canadians, on board."
"In that incident, Manant Vaidya lost his father, Pannagesh Vaidya, 73, his mother, Hansini Vaidya, 67, his sister Kosha Vaidya, 37, his brother-in-law Prerit Dixit, 45, and his two nieces Ashka Dixit, 14, and Anushka Dixit, 13. The teenage girls were both students at schools in Peel region at the time. The family, who lived in Canada, had been travelling to show the teenage girls where their mother was born and to visit their grandparents' friends, said a news release by Vaidya's lawyers at Clifford Law Offices."
""Boeing accepted full responsibility for the senseless and preventable loss of these innocent lives, and this corporate giant has now been held accountable to this family, especially to this good man who lost his dear mom, dad and sister," said Robert Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law."
An Ontario man reached a settlement with Boeing nearly seven years after six relatives died in the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max 8 crash. The settlement came days after a U.S. wrongful death trial began in Chicago. The flight to Kenya crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa, killing all 157 people aboard, including 18 Canadians. Manant Vaidya lost his parents, sister, brother-in-law and two nieces, who were students in Peel region. The family had been travelling to show the girls their mother's birthplace and visit grandparents' friends. Boeing accepted responsibility; settlement terms were not publicly disclosed. Vaidya previously travelled to Ethiopia to collect remains for final rituals in India. Another Canadian, Paul Njoroge, also reached a settlement with Boeing.
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