Settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice Boeing agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle the lawsuit

　　Chinanews, January 8th, a comprehensive report, on the 7th local time, the US federal prosecutor announced that Boeing agreed to pay more than 2.5 billion US dollars to settle criminal charges by the US Department of Justice.

The U.S. Department of Justice alleged that Boeing concealed information about its 737MAX aircraft, which eventually led to the tragedy of the crash, killing hundreds of people.

Data map: On December 29, 2020 local time, American Airlines Flight 718 arrived at LaGuardia Airport in New York. The flight type was Boeing 737MAX.

　　According to the US Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC), this deferred prosecution agreement ends a two-year investigation by the US Department of Justice. In addition, if there are no other violations, all charges will be dropped after three years.

　　Prosecutors said that Boeing deceived the United States by "intentionally and deliberately" undermining the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) ability to assess aircraft safety.

The U.S. Department of Justice also stated that Boeing admitted that two 737MAX-related personnel “deceived” the FAA with regard to the ability of the aircraft's flight control system. This software system was later related to the two crashes.

　　According to Reuters, of the $2.5 billion Boeing agreed to pay, $500 million was reserved for the families of the victims of the crash.

However, despite Boeing’s settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, the lawyer said that the families of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash stated that they are pushing for a civil lawsuit against Boeing in Chicago.

　　In October 2018 and March 2019, two Boeing 737MAX aircraft crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia resulted in a total of 346 deaths.

After two air crashes, the Boeing 737MAX was banned from flying globally in March 2019.

　　The investigation report published in September 2019 showed that the causes of fatal air crashes include technical defects, poor management and lack of supervision, etc. Boeing and FAA are both responsible.

Among them, there are wrong assumptions in the design of the aircraft automatic stall prevention maneuvering characteristics enhancement system (MCAS).

In the two air crashes, MCAS directly caused the nose to drop and crash.

　　In November 2019, the FAA lifted the "no-fly order" on Boeing 737MAX aircraft.

This airliner returned to the US commercial airliner market for the first time on December 29, local time, with its maiden flight from Miami to New York.