Boeing Finalizes Plea Agreement With Justice Department

Boeing is finalizing a plea agreement with the Justice Department that involves the aerospace giant pleading guilty to conspiracy and paying nearly $250 million in penalties. This resolution follows a comprehensive investigation into two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019, which collectively claimed the lives of nearly 350 people.

The Justice Department's investigation, spanning several years, revealed that software errors were primarily responsible for the crashes of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. The findings indicated that Boeing had misled the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) about the safety of its. . .