Boeing to pay $1.1 billion
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Many relatives of the passengers who died in the Boing 2018 and 2019 crashes have spent years pushing for a public trial.
The US Department of Justice is set to drop a criminal case against aircraft maker Boeing despite the fact that the company agreed to plead guilty last year, according to attorneys for families of victims of two fatal crashes of the 737 Max that led to the case.
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The U.S. Department of Justice said Boeing must pay $1.1 billion, including $445 million for the crash victims' families.
(Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department should take Boeing to trial in a criminal fraud case stemming from two fatal 737 MAX crashes and reject a tentative deal to allow the planemaker to avoid prosecution, a lawyer for some of the victims' families said.
In its fourth annual safety report since the deadly MAX crashes, Boeing laid out a multi-pronged safety plan and said it's seeing progress.