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Represented by Wisner Law Firm, the family has alleged the Boeing 737-500 aircraft was defective in more way than one before the takeoff
A family who lost their relatives to the Indonesian plane crash have filed a legal case against Boeing alleging them of flying a "defective and unreasonably dangerous" aircraft.
The Sriwijaya Air flight (SJ-182) crashed into the depths of Java Sea minutes after its takeoff from the Jakarta airport, earlier this month The aircraft had 62 people on board at the time of the crash.
An Indonesian family has now sued Boeing at circuit court of Cook county in Illinois. The family lost three members to the deadly crash.