Judge rejects bid by families of plane crash victims to throw out deal letting Boeing avoid prosecution

A Boeing 737 Max aircraft during a display at the Farnborough International Airshow in Britain on July 20. (Credit: REUTERS/Peter Cziborra)

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U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor denied a bid by the families of victims who died in two Boeing 737 Max plane crashes to nullify a deal U.S. prosecutors and Boeing negotiated to resolve charges that the company defrauded the federal government about the extent of changes to the new plane, which investigators say led to the crashes.