{"id":2275309,"date":"2024-06-21T16:07:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T20:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boeing-likely-to-avoid-criminal-prosecution-for-violations-related-to-two-deadly-plane-crashes\/"},"modified":"2024-06-21T16:09:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T20:09:08","slug":"boeing-likely-to-avoid-criminal-prosecution-for-violations-related-to-two-deadly-plane-crashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boeing-likely-to-avoid-criminal-prosecution-for-violations-related-to-two-deadly-plane-crashes\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing is expected to evade criminal charges for breaches linked to two fatal crashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fboeing-likely-to-avoid-criminal-prosecution-for-violations-related-to-two-deadly-plane-crashes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2275309&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Boeing might <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-justice-department-to-crack-down-on-repeat-corporate-offenders\/\" title=\"U.S. Justice Department to crack down on repeat corporate offenders\">escape criminal prosecution<\/a> again regarding \u2062the issues with its 737 \u200bMax 8 aircraft, \u200dwhich \u2063was involved in two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019. The Department of Justice \u2062(DOJ) is considering whether to grant Boeing another \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-muscles-out-chicago-prosecutor-hot-on-the-heels-of-powerful-dems\/\" title=\"Biden Muscles Out Chicago Prosecutor Hot on the Heels of Powerful Dems\">deferred prosecution agreement<\/a>\u200d by the end of June. Such \u200can agreement would include oversight and compliance measures, possibly \u200bleading\u200c to the appointment of a federal\u2064 monitor to oversee Boeing&#8217;s safety\u200d programs. If the DOJ appoints \u200ca monitor, it\u200c indicates skepticism about the Federal Aviation\u2063 Administration\u2019s (FAA) ability to effectively oversee Boeing. This follows criticism of the \u200bFAA for not grounding the 737 Max 8 after \u200dthe first crash in \u200bIndonesia, which resulted in 189\u200b deaths, and only deciding to ground the\u2063 aircraft after a\u2063 second deadly crash \u2063in Ethiopia in\u200b 2019, where 157 people \u2064died.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/boeing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Boeing<\/a> could avoid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">criminal<\/a> prosecution for the second time in relation to problems found in the 737 Max 8 model,\u00a0which was involved in two deadly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/plane-crashes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">plane crashes<\/a> in 2018 and 2019. <\/p>\n<p>By the end of June, the Department of Justice will decide whether or not to extend another deferred prosecution agreement to the company. This will impose monitoring and compliance obligations on Boeing and will likely lead Boeing to appoint a federal monitor to oversee the safety program.  <\/p>\n<p>If the DOJ decides to appoint a federal monitor, it reveals the department\u2019s distrust in the Federal Aviation Administration\u2019s oversight of Boeing, according to Mark Lindquist, lawyer for the families of the victims of the Max 8 crashes. The agency didn\u2019t ground the 737 Max 8 after the first crash in Indonesia in 2018, killing 189 people, instead making that decision in 2019 after a second crash in Ethiopia, which killed all 157 passengers onboard. Mike Whitaker, FAA administrator, said during a Senate hearing this month that the agency was too laissez-faire in its oversight of Boeing.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ briefed family members of the victims killed in both crashes that it would most likely not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-atf-nominee-promises-to-give-hunter-biden-gun-background-check-form-to-senate-probe-any-crimes\/\" title=\"Biden ATF Nominee Promises To Give Hunter Biden Gun Background Check Form To Senate, Probe Any Crimes\">pursue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbp-ice-release-reports-on-border-arrests-seizures\/\" title=\"CBP, ICE release reports on border arrests, seizures\">criminal charges<\/a><\/a> since a guilty conviction seemed unlikely. <\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Boeing reached a settlement with the DOJ in which the aircraft company would set up and maintain a program to detect and prevent violations of U.S. anti-fraud laws. The settlement was reached after Boeing admitted in court that two employees had misled federal air safety regulars about a faulty part in both crashes.<\/p>\n<p>However, the company failed to follow the terms of that 2021 deferred prosecution agreement, prompting the DOJ to revisit criminal charges.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNormally, if a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-supreme-court-ends-cash-bail-for-some-who-cannot-pay\/\" title=\"California Supreme Court Ends Cash Bail For Some Who Cannot Pay\">criminal defendant<\/a> received a sweetheart plea bargain and then violated the conditions of the deal, DOJ would bring the hammer down hard,\u201d Lindquist told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/21\/us\/politics\/boeing-doj-deferred-prosecution-agreement.html?smtyp=cur&#038;smid=tw-nytimes\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>. \u201cNo other criminal defendant would ever receive a second deferred prosecution agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If criminal charges were to be pursued against Boeing, a guilty verdict would cost the company its government contracts, thus putting it at risk for bankruptcy. <\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1671495\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1671495\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boeing might again dodge criminal charges over its 737 Max 8, linked to fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019. By June&#8217;s end, the Justice Department will determine if it will renew a deferred prosecution agreement for the aerospace giant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2275310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image8-scaled-1024x683.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548,538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2275309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image8-scaled-1024x683.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2275309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2275310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2275309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2275309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2275309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}