Boeing is set to enter a plea deal relating to two fatal crashes which killed 350 people, but lawyers for the victims’ families say justice has not been done.
The U.S. Department of Justice will reportedly charging Boeing with criminal fraud relating to two fatal crashes of its 737 Max airplanes.
Criminal charges being brought against Boeing would represent the culmination of a painful period for the aerospace giant, who has been at the center of extreme scrutiny since a poorly installed door plug blew out of an Alaska Airlines plane mid-flight in January. However, according to a Bloomberg report, a lawyer for the victims’ families said that the DoJ will be offering the company a «sweetheart plea deal», that will see Boeing avoid culpability for the fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people.
The imminent charges date back to two fatal Boeing 737 crashes in 2018 and 2019.
In October 2018, a domestic flight from Tangerang, Indonesia to Pangkal Pinang crashed into the Java Sea 13 minutes after takeoff. All 189 people onboard, including 181 passengers and eight crew members, were killed.
Six months later, a Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed after taking off from Addis Ababa on its way to Nairobi, Kenya.
All 157 people onboard, including 149 passengers and eight crew members, were killed.
Since then, families of the victims have been seeking compensation from the company, and assurances that the safety issues which plague Boeing will be addressed.
