Boeing to avoid prosecution over 737 MAX crashes
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After the government submitted notice of the agreement, lawyers representing family members of crash victims said they plan to object to the deal.
A deal between the DOJ and Boeing will save the aerospace behemoth from criminal prosecution for two 737 MAX fatal crashes.
Boeing will avoid being branded a convicted felon, dealing a blow to families who lost relatives in the crashes.
The Justice Department has reached a deal with Boeing that will allow the company to avoid criminal prosecution for allegedly misleading U.S. regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed and killed 346 people.
The victims' family members had until 5 p.m. Thursday to be heard after receiving a letter from the DOJ that a deal was in the works.