US EditionFamilies of Plane Crash Victims Ask US Appeals Court to Revive a Criminal Case Against Boeing
Victims' families claim the U.S. Department of Justice violated their rights by concealing prosecution agreements and seek to overturn dismissal of Boeing's criminal conspiracy case involving 346 deaths.
- On Thursday, Thirty-one families asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to revive Boeing's criminal case by filing two CVRA petitions after U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor dismissed it.
- The Justice Department first charged Boeing in 2021 and used a deferred-prosecution agreement; last year, federal prosecutors sought a non-prosecution agreement and dismissal, which the victims' families say was concealed.
- The two 737 MAX crashes killed 346 passengers and crew, caused by Boeing's flight-control software system that repeatedly forced nose-down commands, leading to a 20-month global grounding.
- The district court granted the U.S. Justice Department's motion after a deal allowing Boeing to avoid prosecution in exchange for $1.1 billion, and the Fifth Circuit panel will issue a decision later.
- The families ask the Fifth Circuit to instruct the U.S. District Court to invalidate the DPA and remand, arguing victims should have an 'unfettered' opportunity to confer with prosecutors.
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Families of plane crash victims ask US appeals court to revive a crimi
Thirty-one families that lost relatives in two fatal crashes of Boeing 737 Max jetliners asked a federal appeals court on Thursday to revive a criminal case against the aircraft manufacturer. Paul Cassell, a lawyer for the families, urged a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a lower court’s dismissal of a criminal conspiracy charge Boeing faced for allegedly misleading Federal Aviation Administration regulator…
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Families of plane crash victims ask US appeals court to revive a criminal case against Boeing
Thirty-one families that lost relatives in two Boeing 737 Max crashes have asked a federal appeals court to revive a criminal case against the aircraft manufacturer.
Crash Victims’ Families Urge 5th Circuit to Undo Boeing Criminal Case Dismissal
Paul Cassell, a University of Utah law professor, argued Thursday that prosecutors violated the federal Crime Victims' Rights Act by inadequately conferring with the families before entering a deferred prosecution agreement with the aircraft manufacturer.
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Washington TimesFamilies of plane crash victims ask U.S. appeals court to revive a criminal case against Boeing
Thirty-one families that lost relatives in two fatal crashes of Boeing 737 Max jetliners asked a federal appeals court on Thursday to revive a criminal case against the aircraft manufacturer. Read more...
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