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Justice Department has reached an agreementBoeingthat will allow the giant of aircraft to avoid criminal prosecution for allegedly misleading US regulators about737 Max JetlinerBefore two of the planes fell and killed 346 people, according to the court papers submitted on Friday.
Under the “Principle Agreement” that still needs to conclude, Boeing Pay and invest more than $ 1.1 billion, including an additional $ 445 million for the family of crash victims, justice said. In return, the Department rejects fraud fee in criminal case against the plane manufacturer.
“Finally, applying the facts, the law of the department, we are confident that this resolution is the most important benefits,” a spokesman of justice of justice.
“Nothing can reduce victims’ losses, but this resolution holds the financial booing, gives it to the safety for the salvation of air travelers.”
Many relatives of passengers who have diedCrashesoccurring at the beach in Indonesia and Ethiopia for less than five months before 2018 and 2019, prosecution of public officials, and more severe financial punishment, and most severe financial punishment for Boeing.
“Although the DOJ suggested a fine and financial restoration of the victims’ families, the families I represented being accountable to families,” a lawyer for many families, as a statement for a long time.
Boeing is accused of misleading theFederal Aviation AdministrationAbout aspects of max before the agency proves plane for flight. Boeing does not speak airlines and pilots about a new software system, called MCA, which can be the plane nose from the pilots when a single aerodynamic plane is going to be a aerodynamic plane.
Max airplanes fall after an error reading from the sensor pushed the nose and the pilots did not recover the control. After the second crash, max jets based on the whole world until the company is redesigned with MCAs less energy and use signals from two sensors, not just one.
Boeing avoids prosecution of 2021 by reaching a$ 2.5 billion settlementTo the justice department that includes a past $ 243.6 million fine.
One year ago, saying Boeing has violatedTerms of 2021 AgreementBy failure to make changes to changes to determine and prevent violations of federal anti-deceptive laws. Boeing agreed in JulyIn requesting guiltyIn Felony frauds payments instead of enduring a potentially high public test.
But in December,The US District Reed O’Connor judgeIn fortune worth the deal deals. The judge says variation, involvement and justification, oronGovernment and Boeing policies can result in a race that is a reason to choose a monitor to keep track of Boeing in the Agreement.
This story originally shown Fortune.com
