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Boeing to Pay Family of Samya Stumo Nearly $50M over Fatal Crash of 737 MAX Jet

HeadlineMay 15, 2026

A jury in Chicago has ordered Boeing to pay nearly $50 million to the family of Samya Stumo, which had filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Boeing. Stumo was killed in 2019 aboard a Boeing 737 MAX jet in Ethiopia. The crash came months after another Boeing 737 MAX crashed in Indonesia. Together, the crashes killed 346 people. Samya Stumo was a 24-year-old working in global health development. Her mother, Nadia Milleron, is running for Congress for a second time as an independent in Massachusetts. Samya Stumo was the grandniece of Ralph Nader.

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