EXCLUSIVE: Why family of late diplomat Abiodun Bashua sued Boeing | READ DETAILS
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Jan 14, 2021
The family of Nigerian diplomat, Abiodun Bashua, killed in the 2019 crash of a Boeing 737 Max in Ethiopia has joined litigation against the company in U.S. federal court.
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Lawyers for heirs of Bashua accused Boeing of negligence in development of the Max.
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The 67-year-old Bashua had held many foreign service jobs for Nigeria and worked with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa over a 40-year career.
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He was among the 157 people killed when a Max operated by Ethiopian Airlines crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa.
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"Thinking of him sitting in a plane, a place he was very comfortable ... watching a bunch of people falling to the ground and knowing that they were about to perish, knowing that for the first time in a long time he could not do anything about it, is one of those memories that haunts me today," one of his sons, Lekan Bashua of Chicago, said Wednesday during a news conference organized by the family┬┤s lawyers.
The Bashua family lawsuit, which also named Boeing contractors Rosemount Aerospace and Rockwell Collins Inc., was filed last month in U.S. district court in Chicago.
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According to AP, lawsuits filed by dozens of families have been consolidated into two cases - one for the Ethiopian crash and the other for a 2018 Max crash in Indonesia that killed 189 people.
Most of the other lawsuits were filed in 2019.
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Lawyers said it took longer for the extended Bashua family to decide on its legal team.
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In a statement, Chicago-based Boeing said, "We will never forget the lives lost on board Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302.
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"We are committed to continuing to engage with the families in an effort to resolve the claims."
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