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The family of the Indonesian co-pilot of a Lion Air flight that crashed in October, killing all 189 on board, has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Boeing in Chicago, adding to litigation piling up against the manufacturer in its hometown.
The lawsuit, filed on Friday in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, alleges that a Lion Air-operated Boeing 737 MAX 8 was unreasonably dangerous because its sensors provided inconsistent information to both the pilots and the aircraft.

Boeing declined to comment on pending litigation.
Lion Air Flight JT610 crashed into the Java Sea after take-off from Jakarta on October 29.
Doomed Lion Air jet was no longer airworthy and should not have kept flying, say crash investigators
The complaint was filed on behalf of pilot Harvino’s widow and three children, who are all from Jakarta.
It also alleges that the instruction manuals provided by Boeing with the two-month-old plane were insufficient, leading to the death of the pilots, crew and passengers. Harvino went by a single name.
In a statement, law firm Gardiner Koch Weisberg & Wrona said Harvino and Flight 610 Captain Bhayve Suneja were both experienced pilots, having logged more than 5,000 and 6,000 flight hours respectively before the disaster.
At least two other lawsuits have been filed against Boeing in Chicago by the Lion Air victims.

A preliminary report by Indonesian investigators focused on airline maintenance and training and the response of a Boeing anti-stall system to a recently replaced sensor but did not give a cause for the crash.
Lion Air may cancel US$22 billion in Boeing orders
One of the investigators, Nurcahyo Utomo, told reporters it was too early to determine whether a new version of the anti-stall system, which was not explained to pilots in manuals, was a contributing factor.


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FILE PHOTO: An Indonesian National Transportation Safety Commission (KNKT) official carries debris from the crashed Lion Air flight JT610 at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 4, 2018. REUTERS/Beawiharta/File Photo

Relatives of victims of October’s Lion Air jet crash check personal belongings retrieved from the waters where the plane went down, at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta on October 31. Photo: AP

Lion Air to begin new search for flight JT610’s missing victims

An Indonesian official carries debris from the crashed Lion Air flight JT610. Photo: Reuters

Can Lion Air scrap Boeing orders worth US$22 billion after deadly crash and still achieve expansion goals?

The budget operator is completing a formal document to cancel its remaining 737 orders with Boeing, claiming the US planemaker unfairly implicated Lion Air in the crash. Photo: AFP

FILE PHOTO: Workers load up recovered debris and belongings believed to be from Lion Air flight JT610 onto a truck at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 2, 2018. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo

epa07142249 Rusdi Kirana (C), Lion Air Founder and owner, salutes the relatives of passangers of Lion Air flight JT-610 during a meeting with authorities and Lion Air management in Jakarta, Indonesia, 05 November 2018. Lion Air flight JT-610 lost contact with air traffic controllers soon after takeoff then crashed into the sea on 29 October. The flight was en route to Pangkal Pinang, and reportedly had 189 people onboard. EPA-EFE/MAST IRHAM

Pilots of doomed Lion Air flight may have been befuddled by safety system designed to prevent errors

A Lion Air Boeing 737-800 plane. Photo: Reuters

Families of passengers of Lion Air flight JT610 stand as they look at the belongings of the passengers at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 31, 2018. REUTERS/Beawiharta TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

FILE PHOTO: An Indonesian National Transportation Safety Commission (KNKT) official examines a turbine engine from the Lion Air flight JT610 at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 4, 2018. Picture taken November 4, 2018. REUTERS/Beawiharta/File Photo

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Co-pilot Harvino was among 189 people who died when Flight JT610 plunged into the Java Sea in October
Lawyers for his family say Boeing is to blame, because of faulty sensors on the new 737 MAX 8 aircraft


Co-pilot Harvino was among 189 people who died when Flight JT610 plunged into the Java Sea in October. Lawyers for his family say Boeing is to blame, because of faulty sensors on the new 737 MAX 8 aircraft.


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