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Boeing charged by DOJ with 'conspiracy to defraud the US' over 737 MAX © Marco Bello/Reuters American Airlines flight 718, the first U.S. Boeing 737 MAX commercial flight since regulators lifted a 20-month grounding, takes off from Miami, Dec. 29, 2020. The U.S. Justice Department charged The Boeing Company with "conspiracy to defraud the United States" -- concluding after a lengthy investigation that the company knowingly misled regulators while seeking approval for its 737 MAX aircraft. Boeing is now entering into a "deferred prosecution agreement" worth $2.5 billion consisting of a $...

Boeing will pay $2.5 billion to settle criminal fraud charges over 737 Max Boeing’s payment will go to airlines harmed by the plane’s grounding and crash victims’ families. Boeing 737 Max jets sit parked in Renton, Wash., in 2019.(Elaine Thompson / AP) Federal prosecutors filed criminal fraud charges Thursday against airplane maker Boeing Co. for “impairing, obstructing, defeating and interfering” with U.S. regulators’ attempts to properly certify the 737 Max and its faulty software program before two fatal crashes. As part of a deferred prosecution deal, Boeing agreed to pay $2.5...

Nearly two years after the 737 Max was grounded, not a single corporate executive or federal regulator has gone to jail for his role in the deaths of 346 people.

Should You Feel Safe Flying on a Boeing 737 MAX? Read full article Alamy Should you fly on the Boeing 737 MAX now that Boeing and the U.S. regulators say it’s safe? Before that question can be answered it’s important to understand that Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration have repeatedly failed to honor their obligation to keep airline passengers safe—and these are the same people telling us the airplane is now safe. Let’s begin with this simple and sobering fact: the 737 MAX, potentially the most dangerous airplane in the air, was allowed in the skies for 23 months before i...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Congress on the brink of major FAA oversight reform in wake of Boeing 737 MAX crashes [The Seattle Times :: BC-FAA-CONGRESS-BOEING:SE] A sweeping reform of how the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approves new commercial aircraft is on the brink of passage in Congress, propelled by a rare bipartisan push and public outrage over the Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed 346. Democrats and Republicans in U.S. House and Senate committees reached agreement in down-to-the wire negotiations a week ago on a bill tailored to address the FAA’s oversight failures in it...