<p class="title">An Ireland-based plane lessor sued Boeing Co on Tuesday for breaching a contract for 22 of the US planemaker's 737 MAX aircraft and sought a compensation of $185 million.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Timaero Ireland Ltd cited design flaws in Boeing's best-selling aircraft, which has been grounded for nine months, and said the private company has been affected by the planemaker's breach of contract.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Deliveries of the 737 Max have been frozen as a result of the grounding. On Monday, the Chicago-based company announced it would suspend production of its 737 MAX jetliner in January, as repercussions from two deadly crashes of the now-grounded aircraft drag into 2020.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The 737 MAX aircraft contracted for between Boeing and Timaero are now either worthless or seriously diminished in value," Timaero said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 737 MAX has been grounded since March after two crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia killed 346 people, costing the plane manufacturer more than $9 billion so far.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Boeing was not immediately available for a comment.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The case is Timaero Ireland Ltd vs Boeing Co, 1:19-cv-08234, United States District Court, Northern District Of Illinois, Eastern Division. </p>
<p class="title">An Ireland-based plane lessor sued Boeing Co on Tuesday for breaching a contract for 22 of the US planemaker's 737 MAX aircraft and sought a compensation of $185 million.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Timaero Ireland Ltd cited design flaws in Boeing's best-selling aircraft, which has been grounded for nine months, and said the private company has been affected by the planemaker's breach of contract.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Deliveries of the 737 Max have been frozen as a result of the grounding. On Monday, the Chicago-based company announced it would suspend production of its 737 MAX jetliner in January, as repercussions from two deadly crashes of the now-grounded aircraft drag into 2020.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The 737 MAX aircraft contracted for between Boeing and Timaero are now either worthless or seriously diminished in value," Timaero said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 737 MAX has been grounded since March after two crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia killed 346 people, costing the plane manufacturer more than $9 billion so far.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Boeing was not immediately available for a comment.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The case is Timaero Ireland Ltd vs Boeing Co, 1:19-cv-08234, United States District Court, Northern District Of Illinois, Eastern Division. </p>