Image source, World Food Programme/PAImage caption, Michael Ryan was among the 157 people killed on board the Ethiopian Airlines plane.
A jury in Chicago in the United States awarded the sum to Michael 'Mick' Ryan's family after his widow Naoise Connolly Ryan brought a civil suit against the aircraft manufacturer.
Seus advogados disseram que o veredito representa uma medida importante de responsabilidade e justiça.
A Boeing spokesperson said the company is "deeply sorry to all who lost loved ones" and they "respect" the right for families to "pursue their claims.
Michael Ryan, a father of two living in Cork but originally from County Clare, was among the 157 people killed on board the Ethiopian Airlines plane.
He had worked as an engineer with the United Nations World Food Programme.
Lawyer Steven C Marks, who represented Ryan's widow, said: "While no financial award can ever replace a life or undo the profound loss his family has endured, we are grateful that the jury carefully considered the evidence and reached this decision.
Marks disse que Connolly Ryan tem "perseguido justiça para Mick com força e determinação extraordinárias" e sua empresa Podhurst Orseck tem sido "honrada em ficar ao lado dela em sua busca inabalável para responsabilizar a Boeing.
Although the verdict marks a significant milestone, the broader effort to hold Boeing responsible for this tragedy, and to help prevent anything like it from happening again, is just as important," he added.
In a statement, a Boeing spokesperson said: "We are deeply sorry to all who lost loved ones on Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302.
While we have resolved nearly all of these claims through settlements, families are entitled to pursue their claims through the court process, and we respect their right to do so.
Image source, Podhurst OrseckImage caption, Lawyer Steven Marks says Ryan's family have pursued justice with "extraordinary strength.
Em uma página memorial das Nações Unidas para Michael Ryan, externamente consta que ele ajudou o Programa Mundial de Alimentos a "levar assistência a pessoas vulneráveis" no Afeganistão, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Etiópia e Bangladesh.
The organisation credits him with organising "the building of shelters and infrastructure" in Bangladesh "which saved tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees from the threat of landslides and floods.
It also said he built medical centres in Liberia during the 2014-16 Ebola outbreak.
Marks told BBC News NI that Ryan "will be missed by the world at large" as that was "who he served.
It's tragic to the public, but it pales in comparison to the loss for the family.
O que aconteceu com o Boeing 737 Max da Ethiopian Airlines.
Figure caption, Relatives pay their respects to those who died in the Ethiopian Airlines crash.
Flight ET302 took off from Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa at 08:38 local time (05:38 GMT) on 10 March for a two-hour flight to the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
Six minutes later, at 08:44, it crashed 30 miles southeast of the airport, near the town of Bishoftu.
The impact was so great, both engines were buried at a depth of 10m (32ft), in a crater 28m wide and 40m long.
O relatório preliminar sobre o acidente, elaborado pelo Bureau de Investigação de Acidentes Aéreos da Etiópia, disse que a decolagem do avião pareceu normal.
However, a short time later two sensors that measured the angle of the plane's flight began to record different readings.
This triggered an automated safety system which repeatedly pushed the nose of the plane down - something that was also recorded during the fatal Lion Air flight.
The Ethiopian authorities' 2019 report suggested the pilots followed steps to disengage the system, but even after manually trying to steady the plane, the system pushed the nose down until the aircraft crashed.
Irish man on crashed Ethiopian planePublished10 March 2019.
O que é a aeronave Boeing 737 Max 8.
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Informação baseada em material público de BBC World, reescrito pela redação ULTRA NOTÍCIAS.
