At the federal courthouse in Fort Worth Thursday, the Boeing company pleaded not guilty in a criminal case stemming from the two deadly crashes involving its 737 MAX jets.
SEATTLE — On Wednesday, a dogged group will gather for a vigil outside the Federal Aviation Administration headquarters in Washington, D.C., to mark the two-year anniversary of the death of
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Eight of about a dozen grounded American Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft were parked on a remote taxiway at Roswell International Air Center in Roswell, New Mexico, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News/TNS)
Boeing agrees to pay $2.5B+ to settle criminal fraud charges over 737 Max
Boeing has agreed with the U.S. government to pay just over $2.5 billion to defer prosecution and resolve a charge of “criminal misconduct” in its certification of the 737 Max, the Department of Justice announced Thursday.
Of that amount, only $243.6 million, less than 10%, is a fine for the criminal conduct, “which reflects a fine at the low end” of the sentencing guidelines, the court agreement states.