After a federal judge had previously blocked an earlier schedule because it had race as a factor in choosing a conformity monitor, federal prosecutors from Boeing Co., and U.S. prosecutors said they are working to reach a new offer to live a criminal case involving two dangerous 737 Max crashes.
Attorneys for the company’s fraud area and the business told the judge on Friday in a processing that the Justice Department and Boeing are working together to “include revisions to the proposed plea deal that would address the factors the Court rejected it.”
A previous plan was rejected by U.S. District Judge ReedO’Connor past month because it called for the selection of an independent check in accordance with the agency’s diversity and inclusion criteria. He added that the strategy may lessen his responsibility to ensure Boeing’s conformity with the agreement.
” The celebrations have not reached contract and do not expect to before , January 4th, but are continuing to work in good faith toward that conclusion”, the , Justice Department , wrote in a separate email to the people of accident victims that was reviewed by , Bloomberg News.
The , Justice Department , and Boeing declined to comment on the email sent to the people.
The , Justice Department , met with some family members of the 346 citizens killed in the collapses after the judge’s decision in December, according to the text. The family have pleaded with the government to negotiate a more drastic settlement, which would allow Boeing to be held accountable for the fatalities, or to think about bringing the case to test.
In its notice, the department stressed that there’s no assurance a modified deal will be reached.
Family people of accident victims have fought for years to find harsher punishments following the wrecks of Lion Air Flight 610 in , October 2018 , and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 in , March 2019. Both deadly mishaps were related to a malfunctioning flight control system.
In 2021, Boeing reached an agreement with the , Justice Department , to postpone trial on claims that it deceived officials about the program. In May, the government said the firm violated that partnership and recommended legal charges, citing Boeing’s failing to live up to its claims. In July, Boeing and the division reached a preliminary plea agreement based on those allegations.
The events may need more time to reach an agreement because the incoming Trump administration’s expected changes to federal leadership, according to the department’s request for permission to provide an update on the reputation of the most recent negotiations in mid-February.
The case is , U. S.  , v. Boeing, 21-cr-005,  , U. S. District Court, Northern District , of , Texas  , ( Fort Worth ).
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