The Justice Department has determined that Boeing violated a settlement that allowed the company to avoid criminal prosecution after two deadly crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft.

The Justice Department has determined that Boeing violated a settlement that allowed the company to avoid criminal prosecution after two deadly crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft, prosecutors told a federal judge on Tuesday.

It is now up to the Justice Department to weigh whether to file charges against the aircraft maker. Prosecutors will tell the court no later than July 7 how they plan to proceed, the Justice Department said.

Boeing failed to make changes to prevent it from violating federal anti-fraud laws — a condition of the the 2021 settlement, Glenn Leon, the head of the fraud section of the Justice Department’s criminal division said in a letter.

  • @Beetschnapps
    12•6 months ago

    Does make you wonder what size private jet are they flying?

    Boeing offers the BBJ plane models, but that’s private versions of large airliners like the 737 up to a 777. They start at something like 150m and I don’t know if they offer anything comparable to a gulfstream which are like half the price and size.

    Regardless you know damn well Boeing execs’ planes have a maintenance schedule 10x that of average commercial airframes with a tenth the flight time.