lawyer who is currently representing relatives of all 157 victims who were killed on Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8, is seeking documents from manufacturer Boeing and US regulators. documents verify decision to t ground aircraft after previous fatal accident. Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed just shortly after taking off from dis Ababa on March 10. This was second accident in about five months which involved same Boeing Max 8 model. Lion Air 737 Max crashed in October 2018, killing 189 people. 

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anti-stall system

MAX's MCAS anti-stall system was implicated in both crashes that took hundreds of lives. US Federal Aviation ministration did t order grounding of flight even after Lion Air crash, inste reminded pilots of emergency procedures and issued an airworthiness directive. Furr, US Federal also asked Boeing to provide an amendment to aircraft. However, aviation company was still working on safety procedures at time of Ethiopian Airlines crash. next day of  Ethiopian airline crash, China, along with Indonesia and Ethiopia also ordered airlines to ground ir Boeing 737 Max 8 planes citing flight safety.

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Victim's lawyer requests to get documents

Robert Clifford whose Chicago-based law firm represents Ethiopian Airlines crash victims me a request at a hearing in front of Chicago judge to get documents. He said that decisions to keep MAX 8 planes in service are “ key”. law firm and Boeing are currently working to develop a protective order regarding production of documents that deal with design as well as development of 737 Max 8. Clifford also me it clear that re prime focus w in case is to identify what Boeing knew following first Lion Air crash on October 29 of Max 8 in Java Sea and n after Ethiopian crash on March 10, just five months later. Boeing h me a statement earlier that company was cooperating with procedures of case and investigating officers. However, y did t make comment directly on lawsuit against m. next hearing has been scheduled for October 28, and ar one on vember 21.

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(inputs from PTI)