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Summary

  • Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge over 737 MAX 8 crashes.
  • Two pilots allegedly concealed crucial info about the aircraft’s control system.
  • Agreement in principle reached with the Justice Department.

Boeing will plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge related to the deadly 737 MAX 8 crashes that happened in 2018 and 2019. It comes six months after the high-profile Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 door blowout incident occured, which brought the safety of the aircraft type into question again.

Prosecutors reportedly claimed that two pilots at the company covered up critical information about the aircraft’s new automated control system from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The development is a stunning contrast after a 2021 settlement protected the manufacturer from prosecution.

“An agreement in principle”

According to The Washington Post, Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to deceive regulators in a case stemming from the crashes of Lion Air flight 610 (JT610) and Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 (ET302), which killed 346 people. In a statement to Simple Flying late Sunday, a Boeing spokesperson confirmed the company’s decision.

“We can confirm that we have reached an agreement in principle on terms of a resolution with the Justice Department, subject to the memorialization and approval of specific terms.”

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