(NaturalNews) Airplane manufacturer Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to one charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States regarding two fatal 737 Max...
Boeing sold just three 737 Max jets, two to an unidentified customer and one to Alaska Airlines to replace the plane that had a door plug blow out on a January 5 flight as it approached 16,000 feet.
Families of the victims of 737 crashes went into an "uproar" when the Department of Justice announced the details of the plea deal it would be offering Boeing.
The wheel loss is the second such incident for United Airlines this year, coming after a Japan-bound flight also dropped a wheel during take-off in March 2024.
Boeing reported second-quarter commercial airplane deliveries that improved from the previous quarter, helped by a strong June, but fell more than 30% from a year ago.
The government may want to punish Boeing, but it can't be too harsh on such a crucial contractor, according to legal and aviation experts consulted by Newsweek.