Boeing seeks to withdraw guilty pleas over 2 deadly 737 MAX crashes: Sources
Boeing is seeking to withdraw its guilty plea agreement with the Department of Justice in the criminal cases surrounding two deadly 737 MAX crashes, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
The agreement blamed the aerospace giant for misleading the Federal Aviation Administration before the two crashes in October 2018 and March 2019 that killed 346 people in total.
Boeing is seeking more lenient treatment from President Donald Trump's administration and the DOJ is considering modifying aspects of the plea agreement, the sources said.
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The initial plea agreement was rejected by U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor in December 2024, who cited the government's diversity, equity and inclusion policies as a factor in the selection of an independent compliance monitor for Boeing.
According to the most recent court filing, the two parties will continue to meet and negotiate and must notify the court by April 11 on how they plan to proceed forward.
Boeing declined to comment to ABC News and referred the question to the DOJ.
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"Boeing got one of the most lenient deferred prosecution agreements in American history," said Paul Cassell, a lawyer representing some families of the MAX crash victims. "The idea that after they breached that agreement, they get another opportunity to avoid acknowledging what it's done seems, to me, to be wishful thinking on the part of Boeing."
The first crash on Oct. 29, 2018, in Jakarta, Indonesia, killed all 189 passengers and crew. The second crash, on March 10, 2019, happened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, when a Boeing aircraft crashed minutes after takeoff and killed 157 people onboard.
Both crashes preceded the Alaska Airlines incident in Jan. 2024, when a door plug fell out of the fuselage of a Boeing 737 Max 9, a newer model, after departure.
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