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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Technology
Dwayne Oxford

Boeing criminal fraud case: Why has aerospace group made a plea deal?

A Boeing 737 Max aircraft during a display at the Farnborough International Airshow, in Farnborough, Britain, July 20, 2022 [File: Peter Cziborra/Reuters]

Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to criminal fraud conspiracy charges brought by the federal government for its role in two fatal 737 MAX 8 jet crashes which happened off the coast of Indonesia in 2018 and in Ethiopia in 2019, killing a total of 346 people.

By pleading guilty, Boeing will not face charges in court of conspiracy to defraud the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s Aircraft Evaluation Group over its evaluation of the safety of Boeing 737 MAX aeroplanes.

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