Boeing paid $2.5 billion to defer prosecution for three years, after which the charges would usually be dropped — but the Justice Department claimed in a court filing Tuesday that the company breached the terms of the settlement. As part of its deferred prosecution agreement, Boeing “knowingly waive[d] any right it may have to indictment on this charge.”A string of unsettling incidents that involve Boeing‘s 737 Max models have shaken the public’s faith in the the company’s aircraft. Now She Just Insults Trans People Biden and Trump Agree to Debate Next Month on CNNThe Boeing settlement agreement relates to Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines tragedies that occurred years prior. The plane, a 737 Max 8, was in the first accident involving a 737 Max and the deadliest 737 accident since the line was introduced in 1967. Just months after, another Max 8 crashed into a field six minutes after taking from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, en route to Nairobi, Kenya, in March 2019.

Source: Ethiopian News May 15, 2024 14:35 UTC