Explainer-How Boeing's latest crisis could imperil its 2021 DOJ crash agreement
Victims' representatives meeting on Tuesday and later this month with U.S. Justice Department officials are expected to say that Boeing violated a 2021 deal with prosecutors to overhaul its compliance program following crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people. That settlement shielded Boeing from criminal prosecution.
Prosecutors agreed to ask a court to dismiss the fraud charge if they determined Boeing complied with the agreement over a three-year period. Boeing has said the company was cooperating and believes required documents detailing the removal of a key part during production of the MAX jet were never created.The Justice Department is probing whether Boeing violated the 2021 agreement, which includes scrutinizing the adequacy of the company’s compliance program, the person familiar with the matter said.
The Justice Department could also attempt to hit the planemaker with additional fines or push the company to plead guilty, an outcome that could affect Boeing's ability to secure government contracts, according to a Reuters review of prosecutors' actions following findings that companies violated other similar agreements.
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