The US aviation company Boeing threatens after two crashes within a few months further legal trouble. A pilot has sued the company for financial and other damages due to the accidents and the subsequent launching bans on the affected 737 Max machines.
According to his lawyer team, the complaint was filed on Friday in a court in the US state of Illinois, where Boeing has its headquarters. The lawsuit was designed as a class action, which could join more than 400 other pilots. Boeing did not comment on the litigation on demand.
Flight bans „predictable“
The plaintiff, who was anonymized in the court documents as „Pilot X“ of „Airline X“, makes serious allegations. Boeing and the US aviation authority FAA is accused of „an unprecedented cover-up“ of known mistakes made by the 737 Max. The crashes and the following flight bans were therefore „predictable“ been.
The driver complains, among other things, „significant income losses“ as well as „serious emotional and mental suffering“. In a sense, he was forced to fly the Boeing aircraft, putting his crew, passengers and passengers at risk, not only for themselves. The manufacturer had known about problems of the 737 Max, but not sufficiently warned airlines and pilots.
