THE STANDARD AMERICA By Reuters | January 8th 2021 Ethiopian Federal policemen stand at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash, near the town of Bishoftu. [Reuters] Boeing Co will pay more than Sh273.8 billion ($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 Sh26.7 ($243.6 million), compensation to airlines of Sh186 billion ($1.77 billion) and a Sh54.7 billion ($500 million) crash-victim fund over fraud conspiracy charges related to the plane’s flawed design.