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Widow of UN worker killed in 2019 Boeing 737 Max crash feels vindicated by US court decision

For the first time in a public courtroom, Naoise Connolly Ryan heard Boeing admit 100% responsibility for the Ethiopian Airlines crash that claimed the life of her husband, Mick Ryan, and 156 others just six minutes after take-off in Addis Ababa on March 10, 2019
Naoise Connolly Ryan at her home in Cork City, holding a picture of her late husband, Mick Ryan. File picture: Dan Linehan

Naoise Connolly Ryan at her home in Cork City, holding a picture of her late husband, Mick Ryan. File picture: Dan Linehan

Naoise Connolly Ryan, widow of UN engineer Mick Ryan killed in a 2019 Boeing 737 Max crash, has said she feels vindicated after a Chicago jury awarded her family $29m (€25m) damages in a civil case.

For the first time in a public courtroom, she heard Boeing admit 100% responsibility for the Ethiopian Airlines crash that claimed the life of her husband and 156 others just six minutes after take-off in Addis Ababa on March 10, 2019.

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