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Boeing to pay more than $2.5B fines in conspiracy case VIDEO: Boeing to pay more than $2.5B fines in conspiracy case By Ray Rivera | January 7, 2021 at 4:21 PM EST - Updated January 7 at 6:32 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Boeing has agreed to pay more than $2.5 billion in connection to a conspiracy to defraud the FAA related to the evaluation of the company’s 737 MAX airplane, according to officials with the United States Department of Justice. Government officials said Boeing entered into a deferred prosecution agreement on Thursday in the Northern District of Texas and was charged ...

By DOMINIC GATES | The Seattle Times | Published: December 20, 2020 (Tribune News Service) — A sweeping reform of how the Federal Aviation Administration 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 last Sunday evening on a bill tailored to address the FAA's oversight failures in its original certification of the MAX. The legislation is ...