Boeing reaches settlement with Department of Justice over 737 Max crashes

The US Department of Justice said on May 23 that it had concluded a deal in principle with Boeing to allow it to avoid prosecution in a fraud case resulting from two of the 737 fiscal plane accidents, killing 346 people, and dealt with a blow to the relatives of the victims.

The agreement allows Boeing to avoid being manufactured to a convicted criminal and strongly criticized many families who lost their relatives in the accidents and pressed the prosecutors to transfer the American maker to the trial. The lawyer of the family and two US Senate members urged the Ministry of Justice not to abandon its prosecution, but the government soon rejected requests.

“This type of cautious deal is unprecedented and it is clear that he is wrong in the most crimes of companies in the history of the United States. My family will object and hope to persuade the court to reject it,” said Paul Cassel, a lawyer who represents many families.

Boeing agreed to pay an additional $ 444.5 million in the collision victims fund, which will be divided evenly for each victim of a fine of $ 243.6 million.

The Ministry of Justice expects to submit the written agreement with Boeing by the end of next week. Boeing will not face control by independent monitoring under the agreement.

The Ministry of Justice said that Boeing will pay a total of $ 1.1 billion, including the fine and compensation for families and more than $ 455 million to enhance the company’s compliance, safety and quality.

The administration said on Friday: “Boeing must continue to improve the effectiveness of its program to combat compliance and ethics and to keep an independent compliance consultant.” “We are confident that this decision is the numerical result with practical benefits.”

Boeing refused immediate comment.

Reuters first reported on May 16 that Boeing had reached an inactive agreement with the government.

The agreement will prohibit a date for the experiment on June 23, facing Planemaker on charges of misleading American organizers on the decisive airline control system at a maximum of 737, which is the best -selling plane.

In July, Boeing agreed to acknowledge guilty on charges of conspiracy for criminal fraud after two murderous incidents stretched a maximum in Indonesia and Ethiopia that extends 2018 and 2019, and pay a fine of 487.2 million dollars and faces three years of independent supervision.

“With this deposit, the Ministry of Justice walks away from any pretext to ask for justice for victims of 737 maximum accidents,” said Javier de Lewis, a athletics engineer in the state of Massachusetts, who lost his sister in an Ethiopian crash.