Boeing settled two lawsuits related to the 2019 crash of a 737 Max 8 in Ethiopia, just hours before the cases were set to go to trial in Chicago federal court.

Planemaker Boeing settled lawsuits with the families of two victims killed in the March 2019 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX on the eve of trial, lawyers for the families said. The ...

We are offended by this deal, and we will challenge this." FILE- In this March 14, 2019, file photo a worker walks next to a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane parked at Boeing Field in Seattle.

Click here to watch The 737 MAX plane crashed in 2019, just six minutes after takeoff. Army Capt. Antoine Lewis of suburban Matteson was among the 157 people killed in the crash.

Similarities between the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes have focused attention on an anti-stalling system used in the new Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft.

Ethiopian officials on Thursday are expected to release preliminary conclusions in the probe of last month's crash of a Boeing 737 that killed 157 people, two sources told AFP on Wednesday.

The Boeing 737 is the best-selling commercial airliner in the history of aviation and the MAX series is its latest iteration, done in a move to make the aircraft serve more people, on longer routes.

Planemaker Boeing settled lawsuits with the families of two victims killed in the March 2019 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX on the eve of trial, lawyers for the families said.

Boeing has agreed to settle two lawsuits connected to the 2019 Ethiopian crash of a Boeing 737 Max 8, just hours before the cases were scheduled for trial in federal court.

U.S. planemaker Boeing Co BA.N reached settlements with the families of two people who died in the March 2019 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX on the eve of a trial, the company and ...