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Department of Justice says Boeing may be criminally liable in 737 MAX crashes

The Department of Justice said Boeing may be prosecuted after it violated a deal related to 737 Max production.

Boeing has violated a 2021 agreement that shielded it from criminal prosecution after two 737 Max disasters left 346 people dead overseas, the Department of Justice told a federal judge in a court filing Tuesday. According to the DOJ, Boeing failed to "design, implement, and enforce a compliance and ethics program to prevent and detect violations of the U.S. fraud laws throughout its operations." While no serious injuries or deaths occurred as a result of the incident, the Fedearl Aviation Administration quickly grounded the fleet of 737 Max jets that had the same kind of door plug and regulators began new probes of Boeing's production practices.

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