The United States Department of Justice said in a court filing that it lacks evidence to prosecute Boeing (BOE, Washington National) for more serious crimes thus defending the plea deal it struck with the US planemaker.

Last month, Boeing pled guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States government in relation to the two fatal crashes of B737-8s in 2018 and 2019, agreeing to pay a fine of up to USD243.6 million but avoid a criminal trial. Some of the relatives of the 346 people killed in the accidents called for this deal to…

Source: ch aviation
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