WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Families of some of the 346 people killed in two fatal accidents with Boeing 737 Max plan to oppose an attempted non -accusation between the plane manufacturer and the US Department of Justice, a lawyer said on Saturday.
The Justice Department outlined the provisional agreement at a meeting of more than two hours with families on Friday and said in a lawsuit on Saturday that they would have until Thursday to present written objections.
Paul Cassell, a family lawyer, said they would oppose “any agreement in the way of DJ yesterday, because he does not hold Boeing for the ‘deadlier corporate crime in the United States’ history,” citing previous comments from district judge Reed O’Connor.
The Justice Department said in its process that “it has not yet decided whether to enter the agreement or proceed with the trial, and will not make the decision until it is finished talking to families.”
The agreement would avoid a trial on June 23 that the aircraft manufacturer faces a fraud accusation, which deceived US regulatory agencies on a 737 Max crucial flight control system, its best -selling jet.
The deal would allow Boeing to avoid being marked as a convicted criminal and would be a blow to families who lost relatives in accidents and pressured prosecutors to lead to US aircraft manufacturer.
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Boeing declined to comment.
In July, Boeing agreed to declare herself to blame for a criminal fraud conspiracy accusation after the two 737 Max accidents in Indonesia and Ethiopia, which occurred in 2018 and 2019, and to pay a fine of up to $ 487.2 million.
