Ethiopian Airlines crash: Boeing avoids criminal trial

Posted on July 25, 2024

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“Boeing and the Department of Justice have submitted a detailed plea agreement to the federal court, which is subject to court approval,” the statement said. Boeing The 83-page document was published on the U.S. Department of Justice website in a press release on July 24. continue and working transparently with our regulators as we take important actions across the Boeing Group to further strengthen our safety, quality and compliance programs,” the aircraft manufacturer continued.

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It is said that there is now about a month, which should allow the parties to file motions. and Published Documents The judge’s ruling came about ten days after Boeing and the Commerce Department announced an agreement in principle late on July 7-8, under which the aircraft maker agreed to admit to fraud in the certification process for the 737 MAX. What In mid-May, the ministry concluded that the group had ignored previous complaints against Indonesia’s Lion Air and Ethiopian AirlinesThe so-called deferred prosecution agreement (DPA), dated January 7, 2021, specifically requires Boeing to improve its compliance and ethics programs and update have Three years of testing.

Corrective measures

The organization agreed to plead guilty to the only charge included in the 2021 DPA: that it “knowingly and with intent to commit fraud, and conspired and agreed with a third party to commit fraud against the United States” during the certification process. 737 Max. All 737 MAX aircraft in the United States and around the world were grounded for 20 months after the two accidents. Boeing admitted in April 2019 that its MCAS anti-stall software was partly to blame. Only one person, a former Boeing test pilot, has been charged in the case. Affairs. and was acquitted. Under the 2021 settlement, Boeing paid $2.5 billion, including a $243.6 million fine.

Boeing must pay an additional $243.6 million in fines and commit to have Invest at least $455 million in compliance and safety initiatives.

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Since the incident in January, Boeing has initiated corrective actions and developed a comprehensive plan to restore the necessary production quality as required by the Federal Aviation Administration, the U.S. aviation regulator. justice Acknowledged that Boeing “has taken significant actions to improve its compliance program through structural and leadership changes.” “But the anti-fraud and internal control programs have not been fully implemented or tested to demonstrate that they can prevent or detect similar fraud in the future,” he noted.

and Controller An independent person must also be appointed to ensure that these actions are implemented during the new three-year trial period. Under the July 24 agreement, he must be appointed and supervised by the government. Boeing will be consulted. The appointment was made at the request of the family because of Year.

(AFP report)