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Lawyers for families of passengers killed in 737 Max crashes ask court to block Boeing plea deal
Families of some of the people killed in Boeing Max crashes are asking a judge to reject a plea agreement that the aircraft maker struck with the prosecutors.
Boeing agreed on July 7 to plead guilty to a single count of conspiracy to commit fraud to settle allegations that it deceived Federal Aviation Administration regulators who approved the 737 Max and then broke a 2021 settlement that would have let the company escape criminal prosecution. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor in Fort Worth, Texas, can accept the corporate plea agreement and the proposed sentence, or reject the deal, which likely would lead to new negotiations between Boeing and prosecutors. Sanjiv Singh, a lawyer for another group of families who had relatives killed when Lion Air Flight 610 went down in the Java Sea, joined Cassell in asking Judge O’Connor to reject the plea deal.
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