Jury Awards $28 Million to Family of 737 Max Crash Victim

Boeing will ultimately pay about $35.8 million to relatives of U.N. consultant Shikha Garg.

Zach Vasile

Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM ET

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Travis Tingle

An Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max [Credit: Boeing]

Key Takeaways:

Boeing agreed to pay $35.8 million to the family of Shikha Garg, an Indian woman killed in the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max crash, following a jury award and a pre-verdict deal not to appeal.
This compensation is one of many legal actions against Boeing for the two 737 Max crashes in 2018 and 2019, which killed a combined 346 people, with most lawsuits already settled out of court.
Boeing also previously faced criminal charges for deceiving FAA investigators about the 737 Max's MCAS system; these charges were dropped under a nonprosecution agreement that included $1.1 billion in penalties, victim compensation, and safety investments.

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A jury on Wednesday awarded $28 million to the family of an Indian woman killed in the crash of a Boeing 737 Max jet in Ethiopia in 2019.

As part of a deal worked out before the verdict was officially handed down, Boeing agreed to pay the family of Shikha Garg $35.8 million, the full jury award plus percent interest, according to a report from Reuters. Boeing will not appeal, attorneys representing Garg’s relatives said.