U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor ruled that representatives of those killed on Max planes in Indonesia in 2018 and Ethiopia in 2019 will be allowed to be heard during the Jan. 26 proceeding and that Boeing “has no right to waive its appearance.”
“This is a real blow in favor of evenhanded justice,” said Paul G. Cassell, a University of Utah law professor who is representing families of those killed in two crashes that happened after a flawed automated system forced the jets’ noses down, overwhelming pilots and killing a total 346 people.
Boeing declined to comment. The Justice Department, which voiced support for the victims’ request in a November court filing, also declined to comment.The Justice Department initially had opposed holding such a formal reading of the charge against Boeing in court, saying families of the victims were not considered crime victims under federal law and could not ask a judge for such an arraignment to be held.that the rights of those killed in the crashes had been violated.
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