Paul Njoroge’s wife Carolyne and three young children - Ryan, 6, Kellie, 4, and nine-month-old Rubi - died in the crash. His mother-in-law was traveling with them and also died in the crash.

Boeing reached a settlement Friday with a Canadian man whose wife and three children were killed in a deadly 2019 crash in Ethiopia, averting the first trial connected to a devastating event that led to a worldwide grounding of 737 Max jets.

Paul Njoroge, aged 41 and a resident of Toronto, was set to become the first plaintiff to bring Boeing to trial over the two fatal 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed a total of 346 people.