Boeing has been under constant criticism since a door plug exploded during an Alaska Airlines flight earlier this year. According to the company, some of the scrutiny the company faced was the result of a fatal manufacturing error. fox news digital.
A mother who reportedly lost her daughter in a 2019 Boeing crash is holding the aircraft manufacturer accountable for those killed in at least two separate crashes.
Nadia Milleron appeared on “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday and said, “The executives made these decisions and they should be held personally accountable. The executives should be personally prosecuted. Because that’s what changes Boeing’s behavior. People have done that.” to face their decisions. ”
Milleron, along with the families of the 346 people killed in the Boeing crash, is scheduled to meet with Justice Department officials on Wednesday to discuss the issue, the report said.
Fox News Digital reported:
In October 2018, Lion Air Flight 610 crashed into the Java Sea near Indonesia shortly after takeoff, killing all 189 people on board. Just a few months later, in March 2019, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed, killing all 157 people on board.
The 737 Max was grounded in the United States on March 13, 2019, and the Department of Justice launched an investigation into Boeing on behalf of the family.
ABC News report Attorney Paul G. Cassel said Wednesday:[t]The meeting with the Justice Department was what we had feared, all a sham and no substance. ”
“It’s clear that their only interest is in seeing through the fraudulent deferred prosecution agreements they brokered with Boeing without involving the very families whose lives were shattered by the company’s fraud and misconduct,” Cassel said. continued.
“We will continue to challenge the DPA and pursue every avenue to ensure that Boeing is truly held accountable,” he concluded.
The Justice Department reportedly reached a deferred prosecution agreement with Boeing during the investigation.
Ike Riffel, the father of two sons killed in the 2019 Ethiopia crash, said he was “very angry” about the deal, calling it “probation for a large corporation.” added.
“This was a backroom deal that took place in Texas and we were wondering why it was going to Texas. Boeing has no presence in Texas. We are a family And then, out of nowhere, I read in the paper about this deferred prosecution agreement.”
The deferred prosecution agreement stated that if Boeing complied with its terms for only three years, no charges would be filed against Boeing or its executives.
“Boeing misbehaved,” Milleron said.
“The Alaska Airlines explosion… happened just days before the agreement expired. So we have all the evidence, all the pilots’ complaints about new planes failing in flight. There’s a lot of other evidence. There was a warning bell next to the flat tire, that was the biggest warning bell, but there were many other breakdowns and there were many more warning bells than before the crash. ”
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