2024-07-24 23:51:26
With this new agreement, Boeing must pay a new fine of $243.6 million and commit to investing $455 million in compliance and safety programs.
The aircraft manufacturer Boeing and the United States Department of Justice have concluded an agreement to plead guilty to allow the American party to avoid criminal investigation, in the case linked to the accident of two 737 MAX 8s in 2018 and 2019, which caused 346 deaths, according to a court filing Wednesday. Both parties announced on the night of July 7 to 8 an agreement on the basis of which Boeing has agreed to commit fraud during the certification process of the 737 MAX.
This plea, which is 83 pages long, comes after the ministry announced in mid-May that the group had violated a previous agreement regarding the accidents of the planes operated by the Indonesian company Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines. The so-called deferred adjudication agreement (DPA) of January 7, 2021 requires him to significantly improve his compliance and program of conduct, with a three-year probationary period. But for several months the group suffered a series of production and quality problems. The in-flight incident on January 5 on the Alaska 737 MAX 9 flight was one of extremes, which led to many legal, political, regulatory and government scandals.
The group agreed to plead guilty to only one charge contained in the 2021 DPA: possession “knowingly, and with intent to defraud, conspire and agree with others to defraud the United States” during the 737 MAX certification process.
Relatives of the victims “deeply saddened”
Under the 2021 agreement, Boeing paid $2.5 billion — including a $243.6 million fine — in exchange for, among other things, immunity for its executives from criminal prosecution. With one filed on Wednesday with Judge Reed O’Connor in federal court in Forth Worth, Texas, Boeing must pay an additional fine of $243.6 and commit to investing $455 million in compliance and safety programs. . An independent director must also be appointed to ensure that actions are implemented to correct production and quality control problems, including a new three-year trial period. It has been requested by families for years.
When the agreement was announced, relatives of the victims said that they “Very sad” and subsequently filed a motion of protest. This agreement “God is based on misdirection and angry thoughts”according to the request of the lawyers.
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