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.
In my life, we went from corporations not being people, to corporations being people, to corporations being too big to fail, to corporations being flat out above the law.
Meh, corporations have gotten away with committing crimes for a long time. DuPont knowingly used harmful chemicals in their products for half a century and got a slap on the wrist for their actions.
You were born in the 1800s?
If you believe my kids, yes
Dutch East India Co says hi.
Nah, then they’d remember the East India Company.
It just takes enough time to go by that society forgets about this kind of thing and it can rise up from the ashes again.
The Pinkertons or military being deployed on strikers wasn’t all that long ago historically, but long enough that most of us don’t feel it could happen now.
World War 2 wasn’t all that long ago and we’re trying to speedrun that one too.