Department of Justice said aircraft maker violated settlement related to two fatal 737 Max crashes
Boeing is facing the potential prospect of criminal charges after US prosecutors reportedly told the Department of Justice that the US manufacturer had violated a settlement related to two fatal crashes of the 737 Max plane.
The DoJ last month told a federal court in Texas that Boeing had violated the terms of a 2021 settlement in which it agreed toto airline customers and families of those who died in two fatal crashes. Boeing failed to “design, implement, and enforce a compliance and ethics programme to prevent and detect violations of the US fraud laws throughout its operations”, according to the court filing.
The crashes were caused by a new design that – unbeknownst to pilots – dipped the nose of the planes automatically to compensate for shifting larger engines forwards. The system, known as manoeuvring characteristics augmentation system , left the planes
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