Boeing's board must face lawsuit on crashes

Boeing's board of directors must face a lawsuit from shareholders over two fatal crashes that killed hundreds of people in less than six months, a judge in the United States has ruled.

The manufacturer's 737 Max was grounded for 20 months worldwide in March 2019 after 346 people died in two crashes－a Lion Air flight in Indonesia in 2018 and an Ethiopian Airlines flight the following year. Boeing has said the two crashes have cost it some $20 billion.

A ruling in a Delaware court on Tuesday stated that the board should have heeded, but instead ignored, a "red flag" about the aircraft's safety systems, known as MCAS, following the first crash.