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Boeing Negotiates Nonprosecution Agreement Over 737 MAX Crashes

The tentative deal would avert a June trial, avoid a guilty plea, and allocate $444.5 million to victims' families, but faces backlash from victims' representatives.

Families and friends who lost loved ones in the March 2019 Boeing 737 Max crash in Ethiopia, hold a memorial protest in front of the Boeing headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, in 2023 to mark the four-year anniversary of the event. Attorneys for those families say that the Justice Department is looking at dropping criminal charges against Boeing that arose out of the crash.
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Family members hold photographs of Boeing 737 MAX crash victims lost in two deadly 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people as they arrive for Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg's testimony before a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on “aviation safety” and the grounded 737 MAX on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 29, 2019. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo

Overview

  • Boeing and the DOJ are working on a nonprosecution agreement to resolve fraud charges related to the 2018 and 2019 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people.
  • The proposed deal would allow Boeing to avoid a felony conviction, preserving its eligibility for government contracts and defense work.
  • The agreement includes an additional $444.5 million for a victims' compensation fund, to be divided evenly among the victims' families.
  • Victims' families and their attorneys have condemned the proposal as insufficient, vowing to challenge it in court as a failure to hold Boeing accountable.
  • A final decision on the agreement has not been made, and the deal remains subject to approval by U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor.