Boeing approaches according to avoid confession of guilt and accusation about 737 Max falls, sources say

The agreement prevents the judgment of the casescheduled for June 23rd. The aircraft manufacturer is accused of deceiving US regulatory agencies about an important 737 MAX flight control system, the company’s best -selling jet. The agreement needs to be approved by a judge.

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The agreement, if approved, will allow Boeing to avoid being considered as a criminal condemned as a result of the two falls in 2018 and 2019. This agreement will represent a blow to families who had relatives killed in the declines of the company’s aircraft and press prosecutors to take Boeing to trial.

Boeing no longer agrees to declare themselves guilty in the case, prosecutors told members of the families of the victims of airplanes During a meeting on Friday, the sources said. The company’s stance changed after a judge rejected a previous agreement in December, prosecutors told family members.

US Department of Justice (DOJ) employees are still evaluating whether to proceed with a non -accusation agreement or take Boeing to trial, a DOJ official said during the meeting. No final decision has been made, and Boeing and DOJ employees have not yet exchanged documents to negotiate the final details of any non -accusation agreement, the employee told family members.

Boeing made no immediate comments and DOJ declined to comment.

Paul Cassell, a family lawyer, said in a statement that the US government intends to give up the accusation, saying that “they have transmitted the preconceived idea that Boeing should be allowed to escape any real consequences for their mortal lies.”

Another lawyer who represents the families who attended the meeting, Erin Applebaum, said that the “scripted presentation of DOJ made it clear that the result has already been decided.”

DOJ said Boeing will have to Pay an additional $ 444.5 million for a background to victims Of airplanes that will be divided equally by a victim, said the lawyers of the families, in addition to the $ 500 million that Boeing paid in 2021.

Nadia Milleron, whose daughter died in one of Boeing’s planes in 2019, told Reuters that she questioned how DOJ and Attorney General Pam Bondi could justify an agreement with a repeat offender.

In December, the US district judge Reed O’Connor rejected a previous agreement in the case, criticizing a diversity and inclusion clause in the agreement related to the selection of an independent monitor.

In 2023 O’Connor said, “Boeing’s crime can be considered the deadliest corporate crime in US history.”

Boeing has faced a thorough examination of the US Aviation Agency FAA since January 2024, when a company’s Max 9 jet, which was four important screws, suffered an emergency in which a deactivated door of the aircraft detached from fuselage on the flight. After the incident, FAA limited Boeing production to 38 planes per month.

On Wednesday, Boeing President Kelly Ortberg participated alongside US President Donald Trump, an event at Qatar to announce that aircraft manufacturer got her biggest business involving large aircraft: a 160 jet order made by state airline Qatar Airways.

Judge O’Connor’s decision to reject Boeing’s previous confession agreement prolonged the case until the Trump government began, which reformulated DOJ. Boeing had accepted the confession agreement during the last months of the Biden government.

In July, Boeing agreed to declare herself to blame for the accusation of conspiracy to criminal fraud After the two falls involving jets 737 Max, Indonesia and Ethiopia in 2018 and 2019, and paying a fine of up to $ 487.2 million.