- The Justice Department and Boeing could strike a deal that would avoid the company entering a guilty plea or prosecution.
- Boeing previously agreed to plead guilty to criminal fraud last year after the Biden Justice Department found the aerospace giant violated a 2021 agreement.
- A judge rejected that deal, opening the possibility that the plane maker could face trial.
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WATCH HEREThe Justice Department and are close to a deal that would allow the aerospace giant to avoid pleading guilty or a trial in a criminal case related to two deadly crashes of its passenger jet, a person familiar with the matter said Friday.
Boeing agreed to in the case last summer in a deal with the Justice Department after the Biden administration found earlier that year that the company violated a tied to the crashes. A judge that plea deal last year, citing concerns about diversity, equity and inclusion, and opened the possibility that Boeing could face trial.
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SIGN UP The fraud charge stems from Boeing's development of the 737 Max. The U.S. had accused Boeing of about its inclusion of a flight-control system on the Max that was later implicated in the two crashes.
A final, nonprosecution agreement hasn't been reached yet, said the person, who was speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss ongoing negotiations.
The Justice Department didn't immediately comment, and Boeing declined to comment on the matter.
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Under the new agreement, Boeing could pay family members of victims of the two Max crashes. In total, the two crashes of the bestselling Boeing jet killed all 346 people on board the planes.
The new tentative agreement, which was reported earlier Friday by , would mean Boeing wouldn't be labeled a felon. That label could have come with restrictions on defense contractor work.
Boeing is the country's biggest exporter and, in addition to making commercial jetliners, it's a major defense contractor. The Trump administration recently awarded the company a multibillion-dollar contract to build a next-generation fighter jet.
