Victims’ Families Want Boeing to Have ‘Day of Reckoning’ in Court Over Fatal 737 MAX Crashes

Boeing executives could still face criminal charges over the fatal 2018 and 2019 737 MAX crashes, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) officials told the victims’ family members during a May 31 meeting. The Justice Department met with the families and their attorneys for the second time since late April to discuss the agency’s plans after it announced in May that Boeing violated a 2021 criminal settlement. That settlement, or deferred prosecution agreement, would have waived criminal charges against the aerospace company for the 2018 and 2019 737 MAX 8 crashes that killed 346 people if Boeing stayed in compliance until Jan. 7, two days after a door panel ripped off an Alaskan Airlines flight minutes after takeoff. Boeing was initially charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States....