Thursday, June 05, 2025

US-Boeing deal over crashes 'repugnant'

A lawyer for 16 families of the victims of a fatal Boeing 737 Max crash, has told the BBC that a deal between the aviation giant and the US Justice Department (DOJ) is "morally repugnant". The firm said it agreed to pay $1.1bn (811.5m) to avoid prosecution over two crashes that killed 346 people, in a filing on Wednesday.

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"Boeing is committed to complying with its obligations under this resolution, which include a substantial additional fine and commitments to further institutional improvements and investments," said a company spokesperson. If the deal is approved by a federal judge the plane maker will avoid a criminal fraud trial. "The [DOJ] agreed that it will not further criminally prosecute the company", said Boeing in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing.

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"The deal includes the company paying $444.5m to families of crash victims. It will also put $455m towards improving its compliance, safety and quality programmes"

So a bit over a million per death.
And some dough for doing what should routinely be done.
Sure does pay to have leverage in this country.
If you're a passenger, though?
Fuhgedaboudit, meat at a bargain price.

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-06-06 06:23 AM

How much did Boeing agree to put into Felon47's bribery box...errr...I mean super PAC?

#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-06-06 07:33 AM

"So a bit over a million per death."

That is pretty low.

It's usually more like $2M.

And that's when it's a genuine accident, not a fraudulent aircraft.

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-06-06 09:02 AM

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