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Ethiopians to benefit from Boeing’s $2.5 billion settlement

Ethiopians to benefit from Boeing’s $2.5 billion settlement

DAVID SHEPARDSON, ERIC M. JOHNSON and TRACY RUCINSKI THE families of the 157 Ethiopians who died when a Boeing 737 Max crashed soon after take-off on March 10, 2019, are among those who will benefit from the $2.5-billion settlement reached yesterday. Boeing Co will pay more than $2.5 billion in fines and compensation after reaching a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over two plane crashes that killed a total of 346 people and led to the grounding of its 737 MAX jetliner. The settlement, which allows Boeing to avoid prosecution, includes a fine of $243.6 million, compensation to…
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At least 15 dead as Indian COVID repatriation flight crashes on landing

At least 15 dead as Indian COVID repatriation flight crashes on landing

AT  least 15 people were killed and dozens injured when an Air India Express passenger plane overshot the runway and broke into two after landing in the southern city of Calicut in heavy rain, officials said. The Boeing-737 flight from Dubai was flying home Indians stranded overseas due to the coronavirus pandemic. There were 190 passengers and crew on board, the civil aviation ministry said in a statement. Among them were 10 infants. Television footage showed rescue workers moving around the wreckage in pouring rain. The aircraft lay split into at least two chunks after he plane's fuselage sheared apart…
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