Boeing crash families demand record $25bn fine16 hours ago By Christal Hayes , BBC News, Washington ShareReuters Boeing chief executive Dave Calhoun before Congress this weekThe families of victims in two Boeing 737 Max plane crashes have asked for prosecutions and a fine of $24.8bn for "the deadliest corporate crime in US history". The families' lawyer Paul Cassell said the amount was "justified and clearly appropriate" given "enormous human costs of Boeing's crimes". Two 737 Max aircraft were lost in separate but almost identical accidents that killed 346 people. The charge has laid dormant since the company acknowledged in a settlement that it had mislead air-safety regulators about aspects if the 737 Max, and promised to create a new compliance system to detect and prevent further fraud. Last month, prosecutors determined that the settlement was violated when a door panel flew off a 737 Max plane during an Alaska Airlines flight in January, leaving a gaping hole in the fuselage mid-flight.

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