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View all search resultsBoeing won immunity from criminal prosecution as part of the $2.5 billion Justice Department agreement struck in January 2021 over a 737 MAX fraud conspiracy charge related to the plane's flawed design. Boeing had to abide by the terms of the agreement for a three-year period that ended on Jan. 7.
US regulators grounded 171 MAX 9 planes after a panel blew off an Alaska Airlines-operated flight not long after taking off from a Portland, Oregon, airport on Friday, forcing pilots to scramble to land the plane safely.
The government has pointed to high airfares as one reason for the sluggish recovery of the tourist industry, as ticket prices remain elevated more than half a year after the Supreme Court upheld an antitrust ruling against seven domestic carriers.
Boeing in 2021 agreed to acknowledge liability for compensatory damages in lawsuits filed by families of the 157 people killed in the fatal Ethiopian 737 MAX crash. In February, the US planemaker sought to exclude any evidence of pain and suffering that passengers may have experienced before the crash.