Lion Air crash: Boeing sued by victim’s family over aircraft design
Lion Air crash: Boeing sued by victim’s family over aircraft design
What does the lawsuit say?
On Thursday, a complaint was filed by a Florida-based law firm on behalf of the parents of Rio Nanda Pratama, who was on board the ill-fated flight JT 610.
The lawsuit focuses on the 737 Max’s new automated flight control system, which it says was designed to help prevent pilots from raising the aircraft’s nose “dangerously high”.
However, the lawsuit adds: “Under certain conditions [the system] can push the nose down unexpectedly and so strongly that the pilot cannot pull it back up in time to avoid a crash.
“This automated feature can be triggered even if pilots are manually flying the aircraft and don’t expect flight-control computers to kick in.
BBC News