Nadia Milleron, whose daughter Samya Stumo died in the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, speaks at the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee aviation hearing at the Hart Building At the meeting, Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg held a sign for the crash victims behind him.
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Federal judge rejects boeing companyof plea agreement Charged with criminal fraud in connection with fatal 737 Max crash.
The court gave Boeing and the Justice Department 30 days to decide how to proceed, according to a court document filed Thursday.
In July, Boeing agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges of conspiring to defraud the U.S. government. misleading regulators Regarding the flight control system included on the Max and later related to both aircraft collapse — Lion Air flight in October 2018 and Ethiopian Airlines flight in March 2019.
Boeing and the Justice Department had no immediate comment.
Victims’ families have challenged the government-appointed monitor as a condition of the guilty plea, calling it a “sweetheart deal.”
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