NTSB Chair says systemic failures led to door plug flying off Boeing 737 Max plane mid-flight in January last year.

A Boeing 737 MAX in Renton, Wash., Dec. 8, 2015. Photo: matt mcknight/Reuters I don’t have a doctorate in engineering, but I have over 9,000 hours flying Boeing ’s 737-800 and the 737 MAX.

Boeing has agreed to a $1.1 billion settlement with the US Justice Department to avoid criminal prosecution related to two fatal 737 Max crashes that killed 346 people.

A decision by the Justice Department not to pursue a guilty plea from Boeing would be the latest about-face in a long effort to hold the plane maker accountable for the crashes of two 737 Max jets.

Boeing agreed last year to plead guilty to defrauding regulators after the crashes of two 737 Max jets, in 2018 and 2019, that killed 346 people. But a federal judge rejected that proposed plea deal.

Transportation DOJ confirms it will not prosecute Boeing for role in deadly 737 Max crashes. The agreement marks a possible conclusion to the long-running criminal case tied to crashes in 2018 and ...

A federal judge rejected Boeing Co.’s plea deal that sought to let the planemaker avoid criminal prosecution over two fatal 737 Max crashes, in a surprise twist that threatens to prolong the ...

The Justice Department says it has reached an agreement in principle with Boeing to drop a criminal case over two fatal crashes of 737 Max jets, despite objections from some victims' family members.

In July, Boeing agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge after two fatal 737 MAX crashes and to pay up to $487.2 million. Above, a memorial service held for the victims of the ...

Lawyers for the families who lost loved ones in the crashes of two 737 Max jets said the DOJ intends to drop all criminal charges against Boeing.