Comair Claims Fraud In Boeing 737 Max Lawsuit

The now-defunct South African airline alleges that Boeing refused to return $45 million in deposits for aircraft it did not deliver.

Meg Godlewski

Tuesday, February 07, 2023 at 02:51 PM ET

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Comair Limited filed suit against The Boeing Company for fraud and breach of contract concerning the purchase of eight Boeing 737 Max aircraft. [Credit: Boeing]

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Comair Limited, a defunct South African airline, has filed a lawsuit against Boeing for fraud and breach of contract concerning the purchase of eight 737 Max aircraft.
Comair alleges Boeing misrepresented and concealed material facts about the 737 Max, refused to return over $45 million in deposits, and caused the airline more than $83 million in losses due to the global grounding.
The lawsuit accuses Boeing of a "conceal culture," claiming the company used the MCAS software to compensate for design flaws rather than a costly redesign, without providing adequate information or training to pilots.
The malfunctioning MCAS was cited as the cause of two fatal 737 Max crashes (Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Air Flight 302), which collectively killed 346 people, by putting the airplanes into unrecoverable dives.

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Comair Limited, a now-defunct airline based in South Africa, has filed suit against The Boeing Company for fraud and breach of contract concerning the purchase of eight Boeing 737 Max aircraft.

In the lawsuit filed in federal court, Comair, which was a licensee for British Airways, alleged that Boeing “misrepresented and concealed material facts concerning the 737 Max,” and refused to return the advanced deposits of more than $45 million for aircraft it did not deliver.