737 Max Crashes: Boeing in Court on Fraud Charge

Boeing representatives and relatives of some of the passengers killed in two crashes of Boeing 737 Max jets will meet face-to-face in a Texas courtroom January 26, where the aerospace giant will be arraigned on a criminal charge that it thought it had settled two years ago.

Two accidents that killed 346 people were down to flaws in the flight control systems on the 737 Max aircraft.

Boeing was found to have failed to disclose information about the system but avoided a trial by agreeing to pay $2.5bn in fines and compensation.

Relatives of those who died are trying to reopen the settlement.

BBC News reports that the proceedings mean that, for the first time, the company will be formally charged in court in relation to the two crashes, and will have to plead guilty or not guilty.

Read more: Congress Gives Boeing a Reprieve on 737 Max Cockpit Changes

Boeing has previously opposed reopening the agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), saying to do so would be “unprecedented, unworkable and inequitable.” It declined to comment on the arraignment.

Boeing 737 Max aircraft were cleared to fly again in the U.S. in 2020 and the U.K. and EU in 2021 after being grounded following the crashes in 2019.

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