The family of a Kenyan man who lost his life in the Ethiopian Airlines crash last month has sued US aircraft manufacturer, Boeing.
In a suit filed in US Federal Court in Illinois, the family accuses the giant plane maker of prioritizing profits at the expense of passengers’ safety.
The case has been filed through US-based aviation law and personal injury firm, Husain Law & Associates in conjunction with Nairobi-based Lesinko Njoroge & Gathogo Advocates and Kabau & Associates Advocates.
The family accuses Boeing of being a “reckless example of a company fixated with increasing sales while disregarding safety concerns.”
The family lost one of their members, George Kabau, a 29-year-old electrical engineer who was working with General Electric.
“Once again, corporate greed has prioritized profits over safety with tragic consequences for the public. Our goal with this lawsuit is to obtain answers for our grieving clients and hold those accountable for creating this tragedy,” says attorney Nomaan Husain who has spent more than two decades handling aviation-related cases.
“Our client is hoping that US jury will not only compensate them for the irreplaceable loss but also hold Boeing accountable for the fact that it did something that caused the tragic life of 346 people.”
Husain argues that Boeing’s alleged failure to inform pilots of the defect in the Max 8’s flight control system and angle of the attack left them without knowledge or ability to restore manual control and prevent a crash.
“We want the jury in the US to hear all of the evidence, what Boeing did, how much money it made from the sale of these planes, then allow it to decide how much to award for compensation and to punish Boeing for recklessness,” he notes.
