“The underlying outrageous piece of this deal is that it doesn’t acknowledge that Boeing’s crime killed 346 people,” said Paul Cassell, one of the lawyers for victims’ families. Lawyers for the crash victims’ families expect that would be done for Boeing. The Justice Department is likely to seek another, similar penalty as part of the new plea offer, said a person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing case. The Justice Department gave no indication of moving to prosecute any current or former Boeing executives, another long-sought demand of the families. It is also unclear what impact a plea deal might have on other investigations into Boeing, including those following the blowout of a panel from the side of a Boeing Max 9 during an Alaska Airlines flight in January.
