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May 27, 2025

Lawyer for Families of Boeing Crash Victims Condemns Deal to Drop Prosecutions
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The Trump administration told a federal judge Friday it had reached an
agreement with Boeing to drop criminal prosecutions over the fatal
crashes of two 737 MAX jets in 2018 and '19, which together killed 346
people. Under the deal, Boeing would pay $1.1 billion in fines and
investments, including to a crash victims' fund. A lawyer for the
families promised to urge a judge to reject the deal, saying in a
statement, "This kind of non-prosecution deal is unprecedented and
obviously wrong for the deadliest corporate crime in U.S. history."


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