Boeing has to sign a $1.1 billion contract with the Department of Justice for the fatal 737 maximum crash and pay $445 million to the victim’s family
The Department of Justice has reached a dealBoeingThis will help the airplane giant avoid criminal prosecutions that are allegedly misleading about US regulators.737 Max Jet LinerBefore two planes crashed and killed 346 people, according to court documents filed Friday.
Under the “principle agreement” that still needs to be fixed, Boeing The Justice Department said it would pay and invest more than $1.1 billion, including an additional $445 million, to families of crash victims. In return, the department dismisses criminal fraud charges against the aircraft manufacturer.
“In the end, we believe that this resolution is the most legitimate result with practical interests in applying facts, laws and departmental policies,” a spokesman for the Department of Justice said in a statement.
“There is nothing to reduce the losses of victims, but this resolution will hold Boeing economically accountable, provide finality and compensation to families, and impact the safety of future air travel.”
Many relatives of deceased passengerscrashIt took place in 2018 and 2019 offshore and Ethiopia within five months off Indonesia and Ethiopia, and spent years seeking public trials, prosecution of former company officials and more serious financial punishment for Boeing.
“The DOJ has proposed fines and financial reparations to the victim’s families, but the families I represent argue that it is more important for Boeing to be held responsible for the public flying,” Paul Cassell, a lawyer for many of the long-term cases, said in a statement earlier this week.
Boeing was accused of misleadingFederal Aviation AdministrationAbout the biggest aspects before agents certify planes for flight. Boeing did not inform airlines and pilots about the new software system called MCAS. This will lower the plane’s nose without input from the pilot if the sensor detects that the plane could enter an aerodynamic stall.
The maximum plane crashed as a false reading from the sensor pushed its nose down and the pilot couldn’t regain control. After the second crash, Max Jets were grounded all over the world, with the MCA redesigning the MCAS to become powerful, using signals from not only one but two sensors.
Boeing avoided prosecution by reaching a in 2021$2.5 billion settlementwith the Department of Justice, including a previous fine of $243.6 million.
A year ago, prosecutors said Boeing had violated.Terms of the 2021 contractBy failing to make promised changes to detect and prevent violations of federal anti-combustion laws. Boeing agreed last JulyPlead guiltyRather than endure potentially long public trials, it becomes a felony fraud.
However, in DecemberUS District Judge Reed O’ConnorIn Fort Worth, they refused a plea bargain. The judges are diversity, inclusion, equity, orofgovernment and Boeing policies could be a factor in choosing monitors to oversee Boeing’s contract compliance.
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