Naoise Ryan’s fight for justice after 2019 Boeing crash

News that the World Food Programme won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize was a bitter-sweet moment for Naoise Ryan whose husband Mick, the organisation’s Deputy Chief Engineer, died in a Boeing plane crash in 2019. She recalls her husband’s life-saving work and his avoidable death and tells Clodagh Finn of her battle for justice and accountability.

Mick Ryan, who was killed when a Boeing 737 Max crashed in March 2019. Lawyers for his relatives are still seeking information.

 When Naoise Ryan heard the news that the World Food Programme (WFP) had been awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, she had mixed feelings.

Part of her was pleased. An honour for the UN organisation was also an honour for her husband, Micheál (Mick) Ryan, 39, who was killed with seven colleagues when a Boeing 737 Max crashed six minutes after take-off from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 10 March 2019, killing all 157 people on board.