America in Brief: Boeing Accepts Plea Deal

Published on July 10, 2024

Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to fraud against the U.S. government, following a series of legal tussles sparked by two 737 Max crashes that killed 364 people. The plea deal was announced by the Department of Justice (DoJ) on July 7, along with details of a $243.6 million (£190 million) fine. The case stems from crashes in two near-identical 737 Max aircraft in 2018 and 2019, following which the model was grounded globally for more than a year.  Legal action began in 2021, when the DoJ charged Boeing with one count of conspiracy to defraud regulators over its Manoeuvring Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) software, implicated in both crashes, alleging it deceived the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)....

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