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Justice Department issues subpoenas in criminal investigation of Boeing
US Justice Department prosecutors have issued multiple subpoenas as part of an investigation into Boeing's Federal Aviation Administration certification and marketing of 737 Max planes, sources briefed on the matter told CNN.
[...] Criminal investigators have sought information from Boeing on safety and certification procedures, including training manuals for pilots, along with how the company marketed the new aircraft, the sources said.
It's not yet clear what possible criminal laws could be at issue in the probe. Among the things the investigators are looking into is the process by which Boeing itself certified the plane as safe, and the data it presented the FAA about that self-certification, the sources said.
The FBI Seattle office and Justice Department's criminal division in Washington are leading the investigation.
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(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Thursday March 21 2019, @03:47PM (2 children)
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 2) by legont on Thursday March 21 2019, @05:08PM (1 child)
The whole 737 program is way less than 10% or so the stock lost recently. It is a definite buy.
Having said that, Boeing did join the dark side, it seems. This describes the situation perfectly:
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/failed-certification-faa-missed-safety-issues-in-the-737-max-system-implicated-in-the-lion-air-crash/ [seattletimes.com]
They did it to avoid retraining of pilots to a different aircraft type. Greedy suckers should go to prison.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday March 21 2019, @06:46PM
The airlines and Boeing both benefit from the lack of additional training.
How many Americans died ? Boeing will be fine.
Had those two crashes been US domestic flights, the lawsuits would have clearly hurt the quarterly profits (though Boeing is Too Important To Fail)