Boeing to compensate families of Ethiopian 737 Max crash victims

Boeing has reached an agreement with the families of the victims of the 737 MAX crash that killed 157 in Ethiopia in March 2019, and admitted responsibility for the accident according to legal documents filed Wednesday with a Chicago court. . "Boeing is committed to ensuring that all families who have lost loved ones in accidents are fully and fairly compensated," said the company, asked by AFP. "By acknowledging liability, Boeing's agreement with the families allows the parties to focus their efforts on determining appropriate compensation for each family." Flight 302 bound for Nairobi, operated by Ethiopian Airlines, crashed in a field southeast of the capital Addis Ababa, six minutes after takeoff, due to faulty software. The accident led to the grounding of the 737 MAX models, and the worst crisis in the history of the American aircraft manufacturer, because it followed another accident, that of a Lion Air aircraft in Indonesia, a few months later. in October 2018 (189 dead).

At the November 13 trial, François Hollande defends his "war" against the Islamic State

"We were made war, we responded": heard as a witness at the trial under high security of the attacks of November 13, 2015, former President François Hollande justified his foreign policy in the Middle East and responded to the controversies. Right at the bar of the special assize court in Paris, François Hollande recounted his 13-November and explained the decisions taken "during this disastrous night", but also those of the months which preceded and followed it. Ensuring "(measure) the suffering of the victims" and understanding "their demand for truth", the witness - quoted by the association Life for Paris, civil party - certifies: "Alas, we did not have the information which would have been decisive in preventing the attacks". Since the January 2015 attacks, "every day we were under threat. We knew that there were operations that were being prepared, individuals who mixed in with the flow of refugees, leaders in Syria. We knew all that", develops François Hollande. "But we didn't know where, when and how they were going to strike," he insists on several occasions.

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