Department of Justice to decide if Boeing violated deferred prosecution agreement by end of May

SEATTLE — The Department of Justice (DOJ) plans to come to a decision about whether Boeing defied an agreement to avoid felony charges in two fatal 737 Max crashes by the end of this month, according to a letter sent to the families of the victims. 

The agreement stipulated that Boeing must avoid committing a felony offense in order to avoid charges related to the 2018 and 2019 crashes, which killed 346 people. Boeing employees were found to have lied to federal regulators about a flight control system on the 737 Max 8 jet, which was implicated in causing both crashes. The agreement was met with outcry from

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