Why Boeing may not face charges even though the U.S. says it violated a 2021 settlement
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The Justice Department's determination that Boeing violated corporate probation for deceiving federal regulators does not necessarily mean federal prosecutors will revive criminal charges against the giant aircraft manufacturer. The crashes, which happened in Indonesia in 2018 and in Ethiopia in 2019, killed a total of 346 people. Boeing and the Justice Department secretly negotiated a settlement in which Boeing blamed the deception on two low-level employees and agreed to pay $2.5 billion, mostly to its airline customers. The three-year probationary period was about to expire when a door plug on a new 737 Max blew out during Alaska Airlines flight 1282 in January. Boeing has until June 13 to formally respond to the allegation that it violated the deferred prosecution agreement. The Justice Department said it would notify the judge of its decision about Boeing no later than July 7.

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