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Relatives Nadia Milleron at a hearing in Washington (archive image)
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The plane disappeared from the radar screen just six minutes after take-off, and all 157 people on board lost their lives.
More than two and a half years after the crash of a Boeing 737 Max in Ethiopia, the US aircraft manufacturer Boeing has now promised compensation to the bereaved.
According to court documents, Boeing takes responsibility for the accident in an agreement with the victims' families.
Boeing promised to compensate all families "fully and appropriately for their loss."
The exact amount for each family is to be determined in further negotiations.
The Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed on March 10, 2019 shortly after take-off in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.
All 157 people on board were killed.
The victims came from 35 countries, including five Germans.
After the crash, a worldwide flight ban was imposed on Boeing 737 Max machines.
A few months earlier, in October 2018, a Boeing of the same type had crashed off the Indonesian island of Java, killing all 189 occupants.
The flight ban, which plunged Boeing into a deep crisis, was only gradually lifted from the end of 2020.
mic / AFP
