Boeing accepts plea deal to avoid criminal trial over 737 Max crashes, Justice Department says

Federal prosecutors gave Boeing the choice last week of entering a guilty plea and paying a fine or facing a criminal trial.

Boeing will plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge stemming from two crashes of 737 Max jetliners that killed 346 people after the government determined the company violated an agreement that had protected it from prosecution for more than three years, the Justice Department said Sunday night.

Federal prosecutors gave Boeing the choice last week of entering a guilty plea and paying a fine as part of its sentence or facing a trial on the felony criminal charge of conspiracy to defraud the United

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