The United States Department of Justice said this Tuesday that Boeing violated a 2021 judicial agreement that prevented the firm from being accused after two plane crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft and in which 346 people died.
In a legal brief sent to a federal court in Texas, the Department of Justice stated that the company could now face a federal accusation, although it has not yet made a decision on the matter.
The plane maker, according to the Justice Department, has not made changes or implemented measures in its operations to avoid violating federal anti-fraud laws, which was a condition of the 2021 agreement.
“The government is determining how it will proceed in this matter,” says the judicial document cited by US media.
The 2021 legal agreement, which involved the company disbursing $2.5 billion, occurred as a result of the accidents that occurred in 2018 and 2019, which occurred on its 737 Max aircraft, in which they died in both incidents. 346 people.
The events implied a serious reputation crisis for the American aircraft manufacturer, which resurfaced after on January 5, a door of another 737 Max plane was blown up in the middle of a flight operated by Alaska Airlines.
According to a preliminary investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board, the bolts that are supposed to hold the stopper on that door did not appear to be in place.