Justice Department Plans to Ask Boeing to Plead Guilty Over 737 Max Linked to Fatal Crashes


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If Boeing is convicted of committing a felony, it could become harder for the plane maker to win contract work with the federal government.

The Justice Department is planning to ask Boeing to plead guilty for deceiving federal regulators about certain aspects of the 737 Max 8, which led to two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019 , according to Reuters.

According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, Boeing will have until the end of the week to accept the guilty plea, and the DOJ isn’t willing to negotiate the terms of that settleme