Do only white deaths matter?

After vehemently denying any involvement for a few days, Iran admitted that its armed forces shot down Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, killing all 176 people on board, 63 of whom were Canadian citizens. A theatrically somber Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada said, "Shooting down a civilian aircraft is horrific. Iran must take full responsibility." He claimed to be "outraged" and "furious" at the loss of Canadian lives. Trudeau is trying to claim the moral high ground to increase his popularity after losing his majority in last year's election. He is not the first, nor will he be the last, politician to milk some photo-op from a tragedy. "A second-generation political dynast, with little or no training in, nor understanding of, economics, foreign policy or defence, what Trudeau offered the Canadian public in 2015, and what they lapped up until recently, was a political brand high on style and low on substance," was the scathing assessment of Prof Vivek Dahejia. But what about 346 civilians sacrificed by Boeing in its greed for profits? On 29 October 2018, 189 passengers and crew died when Lion Air Flight 610 crashed into the Java Sea 13 minutes after takeoff from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia. The main reason was a faulty software, called MCAS, installed by Boeing in its 737 Max airplanes to push the nose of the aircraft down. This caused the aircraft to go into a steep dive which the pilots could not override. Boeing did not ground the faulty planes. On 10 March 2019, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed 6 minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Ethiopia, killing all 157 people on board. Again the plane was a 737 Max and the MCAS was responsible. Following this crash all 737 Max aircraft have been grounded and Boeing has suspended production of the aircraft. In 2011, "American Airlines, an exclusive Boeing customer for more than a decade, was ready to place an order for hundreds of new, fuel efficient jets from the world's other major aircraft manufacturer, Airbus." To design a new plane would take too long so Boeing re-engineered its workhorse 737, which could be delivered in 6 years. The 737 Max was born 3 months later. A report by Bloomberg claimed that Boeing "increasingly relied on temporary workers making as little as $9 an hour to develop and test software, often from countries lacking a deep background in aerospace". Boeing's own pilot thought that the software was "running rampant" in 2016 and lied to regulators to get airworthy certification for the aircraft. Internal emails show that one employee thought that the aircraft was "designed by clowns". Boeing faces a $5.4 million fine. The CEO Dennis Muilenberg received $62 million in compensation and pension benefits and will receive additional severance pay. For killing 346 people. Do only white deaths matter?