A federal judge in Texas rejected a deal between Boeing and the U.S. government that would have allowed the aerospace company to plead guilty to a felony conspiracy charge and pay a fine for misleading the Federal Aviation Administrator about two fatal 737 Max jetliner crashes, according to a report.
In July Boeing agreed to plead to a conspiracy to defraud the U.S. charge and up to $487 million in fines—far less than the $24.8 billion the families of the crashes sought, CNN reported.
