Families of MH370 to sue Boeing

Lawyers looking for quality, design issues in type of aircraft that vanished

Some of the families of passengers who went missing on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 - the jetliner that disappeared on its way to Beijing in 2014 - will go to the United States next week to file a lawsuit against aircraft maker Boeing, a lawyer involved in the case said.

"The lawsuit, which will begin on Tuesday in Washington, focuses on whether the aircraft used for Flight MH370 had quality or other problems in design and production," Zhang Qihuai, the lawyer responsible for the litigation, said on Thursday.