Flight SJ182 disappeared from radars shortly after takeoff from Jakarta with 62 people on board. Rescuers have found the flight recorders and have pulled other wreckage and body parts from the crash site.
Jan. 8 Boeing and federal prosecutors on Thursday entered into an agreement on a criminal charge related to the company's conspiracy to defraud the Federal Aviation Administration in connection with an evaluation of the aircraft manufacturer's 737 MAX. Boeing will pay a criminal penalty of $243.6 million and compensation payments to Boeing's 737 MAX airline customers of $1.77 billion. It will .
Published on: Saturday, January 09, 2021
By: AFP
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In this file photo taken on September 30, 2020 a Boeing 737 MAX airliner piloted by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Steve Dickson taxis for a two-hour evaluation flight at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington.
NEW YORK: US prosecutors hit Boeing with $2.5 billion in fines, settling a criminal charge over claims the company defrauded regulators overseeing the 737 MAX, which was grounded worldwide following two deadly crashes.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) said Boeing reached a deferred prosecution agreement related to the company’s pronouncements to regulators during the certification of the MAX, which was taken out of service for 20 months after the crashes and only recently cleared to return to the skies.
Flight SJ182 disappeared from radars shortly after takeoff from Jakarta with 62 people on board. Rescuers have found the flight recorders and have pulled other wreckage and body parts from the crash site.
Flight SJ182 disappeared from radars shortly after takeoff from Jakarta with 62 people on board. Rescuers have found the flight recorders and have pulled other wreckage and body parts from the crash site.