US Appeals Court Revives Boeing 737 MAX Shareholder Suit

A Boeing 737 MAX 8 sits outside the hangar in Renton, Washington, on Dec. 8, 2015. Matt Mills McKnight/Reuters

WASHINGTON—A U.S. appeals court on Friday revived a pension plan’s 2019 shareholder lawsuit against Boeing Co. officers and directors alleging they had made false public statements about the 737 MAX.

The plane was involved in two crashes that killed 346 people over a five-month period and led to the plane’s grounding in March 2019.