Lion Air crash victim\'s father files U.S. lawsuit against Boeing

Lion Air crash victim's father files U.S. lawsuit against Boeing

Reuters  |  CHICAGO 

CHICAGO (Reuters) - An man, whose son was killed when a flight crashed last month, has sued alleging that a defect in the design of the 737 MAX 8 aircraft caused it to crash.

The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by the father of Dr. Rio Nanda Pratama, alleged that Boeing did not adequately warn or its pilots of an unsafe design condition. Boeing is headquartered in

Flight 610 crashed into the Sea shortly after take-off from on Oct. 29, killing all 189 people on board.

Dr. Pratama, of Indonesia, was flying home from a conference when the plane crashed. He was to be married this week, according to of the Florida-based firm Colson Hicks Eidson, which is representing his father in the wrongful death lawsuit.

Indonesian investigators are due to publish a preliminary report on the crash later this month.

(Reporting by Tracy Rucinski)

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First Published: Fri, November 16 2018. 05:45 IST