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DOJ to offer Boeing plea deal, victims' families 'strenuously object'

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is preparing to offer Boeing a plea deal in a criminal case over two fatal crashes involving the company’s 737 Max jetliners, according to lawyers representing the families of the crash victims. Paul Cassell, a lawyer for the families of the 15 people killed in the Boeing 737 Max jetliner […]

US wants Boeing to plead guilty to fraud over fatal crashes, lawyers say

The U.S. Department of Justice plans to propose that Boeing plead guilty to fraud charges related to two fatal crashes involving its 737 Max jetliners, according to two people who heard federal prosecutors detail the proposal on Sunday. Boeing has until the end of next week to decide whether to accept or reject the proposal, […]

Boeing sanctioned over release of details from 737 MAX midair blowout probe

US investigators on Thursday sanctioned Boeing Co for publishing details of its investigation into the mid-air explosion of a 737 Max plane, said they would report its actions to the Justice Department and demanded an apology from the embattled plane maker. The National Transportation Safety Board said Boeing “clearly violated” board rules by providing “non-public […]

NTSB sanctions Boeing for releasing details of 737 Max investigation

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Thursday sanctioned Boeing for disclosing nonpublic details in its investigation into a 737 MAX 9 door plug that blew off during an Alaska Airlines flight in January. According to the NTSB, an independent agency that investigates transportation accidents, unnamed Boeing executives at a press conference on Tuesday discussed […]

US prosecutors recommend DOJ charge Boeing

The Justice Department must decide by early next month whether to indict aircraft maker Boeing after prosecutors recommended criminal charges be filed against the company. In filing their recommendation, prosecutors said the company was suspected of failing to comply with a 2021 settlement agreement it made following two Boeing 737 Max crashes. The Justice Department […]