• US, Congressional report nails Boeing for accidents involving 737 Max

  • Boeing announces 12 thousand cuts and returns to produce the 737 max

  • Boeing 737 crashed in Iran: "It was coming back for a problem"

Share

January 8 2021Boeing agreed to pay

$ 2.5 billion in exchange for the closure of criminal proceedings in the US

, where the aviation giant is accused of having hidden from the civil aviation authorities information on the design of its 737 Max aircraft.



The department of US Justice said the company has chosen "profit over sincerity", preventing a careful examination of its passenger planes, involved in two fatal tragedies that occurred between 2018 and 2019 due to production defects of the new 737 Max model About

$ 500 million will go to the families of the 346 people who died in the two plane crashes



Boeing admitted that the deal states that the company "was not up to par."

CEO David Calhoun said: "I firmly believe that signing this agreement is the right thing to do, a step that states that we have not lived up to our values ​​and expectations."