Boeing criminal case linked to deadly 737 crashes dropped

Source: BBC

Boeing will avoid a criminal charge in the US linked to two deadly 737 Max crashes, after a court granted a request from the US government to dismiss the criminal case.

In his ruling, Judge Reed O'Connor said he "disagreed" that dropping the charge was in the public interest but said his concerns did not give him sufficient reason to deny the proposal.

The decision marks a major win for Boeing, after the government last year accused it of violating a settlement related to the crashes, raising the threat of prosecution.
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In his decision on Thursday, Mr O'Connor said the government's concerns about taking the charge to trial were "unserious" and he did not believe the new deal reached between the government and Boeing would "secure the necessary accountability to ensure the safety of the flying public".

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