Boeing to be sued over Indonesian jet crash

The families of more than 100 people killed in a jetliner crash in Indonesia last month plan to sue plane manufacturer Boeing, a US-law firm representing the families said today.

Manuel Ribbeck, from Chicago-based Nolan Law Group, said the firm would file the suit in Chicago, where Boeing is also based.

Ribbeck declined to say how much the company intended to sue for, nor the basis of the suit.

The Boeing 737-300 crashed soon after take-off on September 5 in the Sumatran city of Medan.

Setio Raharjo, head of the National Transportation Safety Board and the lead investigator in the crash, today said the probe into the crash would be completed by early next year.

He would not speculate on the cause of the accident, and said he had not heard of Nolan’s plan to sue Boeing.