Boeing is set to enter into a non-prosecution agreement in the fatal crashes of two 737 Max aircraft that killed hundreds, the US Department of Justice said.
As part of the deal, Boeing will avoid an upcoming fraud trial that could have resulted in the US aviation giant and defence contractor being labelled a felon. The deal includes the company admitting to obstructing federal aviation officials and paying $1.1 billion in fines.
The two crashes, in 2018 and 2019, left 346 people dead.
The government said it had conferred with families of crash victims, and said many either supported or did not oppose the deal. Some families, however, have expressed outrage at the prospect of such a deal.
How much would it cost to blow up 346 Boeing 737 before they could fly?
A couple hundred grand maybe? It doesn’t take much to make a plane non-airworthy, but after the first two or three you’d definitely have the attention of law enforcement. You’d have to do all of them at once if you wanted to get them all, and that’s going to be significantly more expensive.
How much you got? Just empty your pockets there on the table, and we’ll see what that gets you.