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Boeing to pay $2.5bn to resolve 737 MAX criminal probe in US:
Boeing Co will pay over $2.5bn to resolve the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into two deadly 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people, the DOJ said, but will not be forced to plead guilty to criminal charges.
The DOJ said the settlement includes a criminal monetary penalty of $243.6m, compensation payments to Boeing's 737 MAX airline customers of $1.77bn, and the establishment of a $500m crash-victim beneficiaries fund to compensate the heirs, relatives and legal beneficiaries of the passengers.
[...] Boeing admitted in court documents that two of its 737 MAX Flight Technical Pilots deceived the FAA about a key safety system tied to both fatal crashes called MCAS.
Boeing Chief Executive David Calhoun said in a statement the agreement "appropriately acknowledges how we fell short of our values and expectations."
The airline payment fund will include prior payments already made by the Boeing to airlines.
(Score: 4, Funny) by fakefuck39 on Friday January 08 2021, @04:38PM (2 children)
>two of its 737 MAX Flight Technical Pilots deceived the FAA
see, if anyone would go to prison, it would be these two pilots, who lied to the FAA and cost the innocent company $2.5b in fines, and the deaths of several hundred people. this is the fault of these two people. now, they didn't design anything, they didn't have input into how the system works or make a single decision about it. but it's fully their fault, and they have been fired from this honest large corporation. and at no point did this company try to avoid safety regulation or reviews by designing w completely new airplane with completely new uncertified systems, and do everything in its power to make it look like it's just the same old safe and proven machine. Oh, the engines aren't round on the bottom anymore to add some clearance? that's just the lens on your camera and eyes. what, you've never looked at the edge of a photograph and see everything is fisheye-stretched?
https://youtu.be/egQdXGMU4xc?t=191 [youtu.be]
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Friday January 08 2021, @05:42PM (1 child)
Well, there are the people that decided redundant sensors aren't needed. They are Boeing's equivalent to Ford's Lee Iacocca, who made the Pinto so famous. So, yeah, several people should be locked up
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by fakefuck39 on Friday January 08 2021, @06:58PM
i... i don't know whether to say whoosh or not.. i'm very confused over your reply. bravo good sir. what are your thoughts on chicks with dicks? are they really just dudes with boobs?