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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Martha McHardy

EXPLAINED: Boeing to be offered plea deal by justice department over deadly 737 max crashes - The Real Truth

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Embattled aircraft manufacturer Boeing is close to reaching a deal with the Department of Justice to plead guilty to criminal charges over two deadly 737 Max crashes in 2018 and 2019.

The aerospace giant is accused of violating a 2021 settlement related to the two fatal crashes, which took place within five months of each other and killed a total of 346 people – first in Indonesia in October 2018 and then in Ethiopia in 2019.

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