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- Reuters
Boeing executives unlikely to be charged over 737 MAX crashes, source says
Boeing executives are unlikely to be criminally charged over fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people as the statute of limitations has likely passed, U.S. Justice Department officials told victims' family members in a meeting. The Justice Department found in mid-May that Boeing violated a 2021 deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) that had shielded the company from a criminal charge arising from the fatal crashes. Officials agreed to ask a judge to dismiss the charge of conspiring to defraud the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as long as Boeing abided by the terms of the agreement over a three-year period ending Jan. 7, 2024.
- Barrons.com
Boeing’s Starliner Launch Scrubbed Again. Here’s Why.
The fifth time wasn’t the charm for Boeing and the oft-delayed crewed test flight of its Starliner spaceship was delayed again on Saturday. The CST-100 Starliner, Boeing’s reusable space capsule was slated to launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at about 12:25 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday, some 26 days after the original launch attempt scheduled on May 6. Getting astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams off Starliner takes about an hour.
- Reuters
Boeing's woes a 'burden' for entire sector, Airbus executive says
Safety and quality problems exposed at Boeing following a door plug blowout earlier this year risk shaking travellers' confidence in flying, a top executive at rival Airbus said. Christian Scherer, CEO of Airbus' Commercial Aircraft business, told German weekly magazine WirtschaftsWoche that the issues were "a burden for the entire industry". "Boeing's problems could cause more people to question how safe flying actually is," Scherer was quoted as saying.
