Boeing to avoid prosecution over 737 MAX crashes
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On Friday, May 23, the United States Justice Department announced it reached a deal with Boeing for allegedly misleading U.S. regulators about its 737 Max airplane before two crashes five months apart that killed 346 people.
Businesses are getting a free pass from the Trump administration from a wide variety of enforcement actions they had been facing under President Joe Biden.
The Justice Department has reached a deal with Boeing that will allow the airplane giant to avoid criminal prosecution for allegedly misleading U.S. regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed and killed 346 people,
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Boeing's $1.1bn (£810m) deal with DOJ sparks outcry from US senatorsThe US Department of Justice (DOJ) has reached an agreement with Boeing that allows the aeroplane manufacturer to avoid legal proceedings relating to two 737 Max crashes, which resulted in a total of 346 fatalities.
President Donald Trump 's administration was first to reach out to Qatar about acquiring a $400-million Boeing 747 for Air Force One, according to a report from CNN. The report, which cites four individuals familiar with the matter, adds context to the administration's repeated assertions that the jet was simply a "gift" from the Gulf state.
The United States has accepted a 747 jetliner as a gift from the government of Qatar, and the Air Force has now been asked to figure out a way to rapidly upgrade it so it can be put into use as a new Air Force One for President Trump, a Defense Department spokesman confirmed Wednesday.