Boeing to avoid prosecution over 737 MAX crashes
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The Justice Department has reached a deal with Boeing that will allow the company to avoid criminal prosecution for allegedly misleading U.S. regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed and killed 346 people.
The agreement allows Boeing to avoid being branded a convicted felon and is a blow to families who lost relatives in the crashes.
President Trump’s Justice Department is weighing whether to let Boeing (BA) out of a criminal trial and guilty plea surrounding two fatal 737 Max 8 crashes, and some family members of the crash victims are not happy about it.