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US govt says it can prosecute Boeing over 737 Max crashes
The Straits Times
|May 16, 2024
The US Justice Department on May 14 said Boeing can be prosecuted for two 737 Max crashes that killed 346 people approximately five years ago.
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Boeing breached obligations under an agreement that had shielded it against legal proceedings for the accidents, department officials said in a letter to a federal court in Texas.
Boeing told AFP "we believe that we have honoured the terms of that agreement" and said that it plans to defend itself.
US officials said in their letter that Boeing breached its obligations under a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) by "failing to design, implement, and enforce a compliance and ethics programme to prevent and detect violations of the US fraud laws throughout its operations".
Such a breach would mean Boeing can be prosecuted for any violation of federal law related to the crashes, according to US justice officials.
The government is evaluating how to proceed in the matter and has directed Boeing to respond by June 13.
US officials also plan to confer with families of people who died in the Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashes.
This story is from the May 16, 2024 edition of The Straits Times.
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