Family of Ralph Nader's niece reveal they will sue Boeing over her death on doomed Ethiopian Airlines flight
- Samya Rose Stumo died on March 12 onboard the Ethiopian Airlines flight
- Her family announced this week they will sue Boeing and another manufacturer
- In total 153 people were killed on board the doomed Ethiopian Airlines plane
The family of Ralph Nader's niece have announced plans to sue Boeing over the Ehiopian Airlines flight on which she died.
Samya Rose Stumo's relatives intend to file a wrongful-death lawsuit against both the aircraft manufacturer and the parts supplier over her death in the crash near Bishoftu, Ethiopia last month.
Lawyers representing the 24-year-old's family said in a statement that they planned to file the suit on Thursday morning in Federal District Court in Chicago.
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Samya Rose Stumo, 24, was killed in the horror Ethiopian Airlines crash last month in which 153 people perished
Ms Stumo was the niece of former Presidential candidate and consumer rights activist Ralph Nader (pictured)
Ms Stumo was the niece of Ralph Nader, the consumer rights advocate and former presidential candidate.
In total, 153 people were killed on board the Ethiopian Airlines flight which officials said Wednesday was most likely caused when a bird struck a sensor on takeoff.
The damaged sensor went on to trigger inaccurate data and resulted in the pilots turning the anti-stall software - known as MCAS - off, but it re-engaged and pushed the jet downwards, aviation sources close to the investigation said.
The disaster followed another Boeing 737 Max 7 crash in October, this time a Lion Air flight that plummeted to earth in Indonesia - killing 189 people.
In both cases a large number of the families of the victims are pursuing legal action against Boeing and Rosemount Aerospace, the manufacturer of the alleged faulty sensor.
The doomed Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max that crashed and killed 157 people last month reportedly had its angle-of-attack sensor damaged on takeoff from a foreign object or bird
Ms Stumo's family released a statement this week saying they planned to file a lawsuit against Boeing and another manufacturer
Boeing 737 Max's have been grounded around the world by international aviation authorities during investigations.
But Boeing claims to have fixed the faulty sensor many believe to be responsible for the crash, with Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing’s chief executive saying on Wednesday.
'The software update worked as designed, and the pilots landed safely at Boeing Field,' Gordon Johndroe, vice president for communications at Boeing told the New York Times.
'Safety is our first priority, and we will take a thorough and disciplined approach to the development and testing of the update to ensure we take the time to get it right.'
Boeing's anti-stall software is at the center of investigations into last month's Ethiopian Airlines crash. Pictured is rescuers working at the scene of the crash site
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