Boeing should be fined almost $25bn (£19.7bn) and face criminal proceedings over two fatal 737 MAX 8 crashes, according to relatives of some of the 346 victims who argue the company is guilty of the "deadliest corporate crime in US history". Then, Boeing agreed to pay $2.5bn to resolve the investigation into its conduct, compensate victims' relatives and overhaul its compliance practices following the crashes of 2018 and 2019. Boeing denied last week that it had violated the terms of the deferred prosecution agreement through its production practices ahead of the MAX 9 Alaska Airlines accident. AdvertisementSix months earlier, a Lion Air 737 MAX 8, carrying 189 passengers and crew, crashed in Indonesia. The relatives want the court in Texas to throw out the deferred prosecution agreement.

Source: Ethiopian News June 19, 2024 17:41 UTC