The Justice Department says if Boeing refused to plead guilty in connection with two fatal crashes that killed 346 people, they will take the case to trail.
Tor Stumo, Nadia Milleron and Michael Stumo mark the second anniversary of the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 on March 10, 2021, in Washington, D.C. The Justice Department is pushing Boeing to plead guilty over its involvement in airplane crashes in Indonesia in 2018 and Ethiopia in 2019 that killed 346 people, according to attorneys representing the families of crash victims.
on a single charge of conspiracy to defraud the government. The department also could negotiate a plea deal, impose stronger federal oversight of the company, or agree to a new deal or extension of the old deal.Boeing, in a letter sent to the Justice Department in late June, maintained that it has met the conditions of the agreement.Boeing paid $2.5 billion in penalties, $500 million of which went to the families of victims.
The relatives, led by Cassell, later sued and won the right to have families considered crime victims. That meant prosecutors are now required to seek families’ input on significant actions related to the case and have met with them several times.
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