Boeing to pay $2.5b to settle US probe into 737 MAX crashes 08 Jan 2021 The settlement will allow Boeing to avoid further prosecution related to accidents involving 737 MAX jets. Boeing Co will pay more than $2.5 billion in fines and compensation after reaching a settlement with the US Department of Justice over two plane crashes that killed a total of 346 people and led to the grounding of its 737 MAX jetliner. The settlement, which allows Boeing to avoid prosecution, includes a fine of $243.6 million, compensation to airlines of $1.77 billion and a $500 million crash-victim fund over fraud conspiracy charges related to the plane’s flawed design.