Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge over 737 Max crashes
Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge over 737 Max crashes
Families of the people who died on the flights five years ago have criticised it as a "sweetheart deal".
Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge after the US found the company violated a deal meant to reform it after two fatal crashes by its 737 Max planes that killed 346 passengers and crew.
The Department of Justice (DoJ) said the plane-maker had also agreed to pay a criminal fine of $243.6m (£190m).
However, the families of the people who died on the flights five years ago have criticised it as a "sweetheart deal" that would allow Boeing to avoid full responsibility for the deaths. One called it an "atrocious abomination".
The settlement must now be approved by a US judge.
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Boeing's gross profit last year was $7.7B USD. If you make $50k a year, that would be a fine of $15 for killing multiple people.