Boeing sued in what may be first US claim tied to Lion Air flight crash

Three US pilots' unions have raised concern about what they say is a lack of information provided by Boeing on the safety system

Boeing Co. has been sued in what may be the first U.S. claim tied to the crash of Lion Air Flight 610, which dove into the Java Sea after taking off from Jakarta Oct. 29.

H. Irianto, the father of Dr. Rio Nanda Pratama, an Indonesian man who was among 189 killed in the disaster, sued Boeing on Wednesday in state court in Chicago, where the airline manufacturer is headquartered. Irianto claims a new flight-control system incorporated in the Boeing 737 MAX 8 airliner caused the crash. He’s seeking unspecified damages.

Investigators believe an erroneous sensor prompted a computerized safety system to