Wednesday, May 20Wednesday, May 20A federal jury has awarded $49.5 million in damages to the family of Samya Stumo, a 24-year-old global health worker who was killed in the 2019 crash of a Boeing 737 Max jet in Ethiopia. The verdict holds Boeing accountable for the fatal incident involving its 737 Max aircraft .
In a separate incident, 11 people survived after a private plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida. The US Air Force rescued all occupants, who were aboard a small Beechcraft twin-propeller aircraft that ditched in choppy waters approximately 80 miles east of Melbourne. The pilot recounted the emergency landing, describing the survival as "miraculous" given the low fuel situation. The rescue crew from the 920th Rescue Wing, based at Patrick Space Force Base, reached the survivors just as their own fuel supply was nearly depleted .
Federal jury awards $49.5m damages to family of woman killed in Boeing 737 Max crash Samya Stumo, a 24-year-old nonprofit global health worker, was killed in the 2019 crash of a Boeing 737 Max jet in Ethiopia
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Florida crew recounts miraculous Atlantic plane rescue with fuel low All 11 aboard survived after the plane made an emergency landing near the BahamasSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailA military rescue crew in Florida has spoken of the pretty miraculous survival of all 11 people it saved from a plane crash in the Atlantic Ocean, and its own scramble to safety with five minutes of fuel left.Members of the 920th rescue wing, based at Patrick Space Force base, not far from Cape Canaveral, raced on Tuesday to reach the passengers and crew in choppy seas. They had emerged from a small Beechcraft twin-propeller aircraft that ditched into the water about 80 miles east of Melbourne on Floridas east coast. Continue reading...
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