Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud, pay $243M US fine in proposed deal over fatal crashes

Boeing will plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge stemming from two crashes of 737 Max jetliners that killed 346 people, including several Canadians, after the U.S. government determined the company violated an agreement that had protected it from prosecution.

Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud, pay $243M US fine in proposed deal over fatal crashes
The nose of a commercial airplane that says Boeing on its side is shown on the tarmac.

Boeing will plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge stemming from two crashes of 737 Max jetliners that killed 346 people, including several Canadians, after the U.S. government determined the company violated an agreement that had protected it from prosecution.