{"id":280639,"date":"2019-07-03T12:11:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T16:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/?guid=7e1d84b5b55e58b9352984a64ea14c9e"},"modified":"2026-10-05T11:34:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T15:34:49","slug":"boeing-pledges-100-million-for-families-and-communities-hit-by-the-two-737-max-crashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/280639","title":{"rendered":"Boeing pledges $100 million for families and communities hit by the two 737 MAX crashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boeing said on Wednesday, 3 July 2019, that it would give $100 million, about 10 billion Kenyan shillings, to organizations helping families affected by the crashes of its 737 MAX jets in Indonesia and Ethiopia, Kenya\u2019s The Star reported, citing Reuters. The two crashes killed 346 people, among them the 157 people aboard Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, which came down near Bishoftu on 10 March 2019.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-837265\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ethiopian-airlines-et-avj-tlv-2019.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 ET-AVJ, the aircraft later lost as Flight 302, taking off from Tel Aviv on 8 February 2019\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 ET-AVJ, the aircraft later lost as Flight 302, taking off from Tel Aviv on 8 February 2019 (LLBG Spotter, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0) [file photo]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThese funds will support education, hardship and living expenses for impacted families, community programs, and economic development in impacted communities,\u201d Boeing said. \u201cBoeing will partner with local governments and non-profit organizations to address these needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Boeing spokesman said the payments would be spread over several years and were separate from the lawsuits that families had filed after the crashes. Kenyans were the largest national group among the victims of the Ethiopian crash.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-star.co.ke\/news\/2019-07-03-boeing-promises-sh10bn-to-help-families-affected-by-ethiopia-indonesia-crashes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Star (Kenya)<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boeing promises Sh10bn to help families affected by Ethiopia, Indonesia crashes&nbsp;&nbsp;The Star, KenyaETHIOPIA-AIRPLANE\/BOEING:Boeing promises $100 million to help families affected by deadly crashes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":837265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-280639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ethiopian-airlines-et-avj-tlv-2019.jpg?fit=1280%2C853&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1b0r","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280639"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":837294,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280639\/revisions\/837294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}