By Bill Galluccio Jan 8, 2021 Boeing has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement to settle criminal charges for impeding the investigation into the crashes of Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302. Boeing agreed to pay more than $2.5 billion to settle a criminal charge related to a conspiracy to defraud the Federal Aviation Administration's Aircraft Evaluation Group. Federal prosecutors accused Boeing of deceiving the FAA "about an important aircraft part called the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) that impacted the flight control system of the Boeing 737 MAX." The MCAS system was found to be at fault for both crashes. "Today's deferred prosecution agreement holds Boeing and its employees accountable for their lack of candor with the FAA regarding MCAS," said Special Agent in Charge