Overview

• A U.S. District Court judge dismissed Boeing’s criminal negligence case over the 2018 Lion Air and 2019 Ethiopian Airlines crashes, canceling the trial set for June 23, 2025.
• Boeing’s non-prosecution agreement requires a total payment of $1.1 billion, comprising $444.5 million to families of the 346 victims, $455 million for safety and compliance enhancements and $487.2 million in criminal penalties.
• As part of the deal, Boeing admitted to conspiring to defraud the FAA’s Aircraft Evaluation Group in its certification of the MCAS flight control system.
• By avoiding a felony conviction, Boeing preserves its eligibility for U.S. government contracts and sidesteps collateral consequences of a criminal record.
• Families of crash victims and their attorneys condemned the resolution as a “backroom deal” that lacks genuine accountability.