{"id":196958,"date":"2025-09-03T13:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T13:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/196958\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T13:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T13:50:10","slug":"fort-worth-federal-judge-to-rule-on-boeing-criminal-prosecution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/196958\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth federal judge to rule on Boeing criminal prosecution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FORT WORTH, Texas<\/strong> – A federal judge in Fort Worth will decide if Boeing should face criminal prosecution for two crashes that killed more than 300 people.<\/p>\n

Family members of the victims are expected to be there to testify before the judge.<\/p>\n

Boeing Investigation \"\" <\/p>\n

The backstory:<\/p>\n

346 people died in two Boeing 737 crashes in Indonesia in 2018 and Ethiopia in 2019.<\/p>\n

U.S. prosecutors initially charged the North Texas-based aircraft manufacturer with conspiracy to commit fraud after it found faulty sensor readings led to the deadly crashes.<\/p>\n

In December 2024, Boeing and the Department of Justice reached a plea deal.<\/p>\n

The families objected to it, and the judge ultimately denied it.<\/p>\n

What’s new:<\/p>\n

The federal government is now pursuing a “non-prosecution agreement.”<\/p>\n

It would ask Boeing to pay an additional $243.6 million as a penalty, along with the $445 million to the families, and make additional investments in safety.<\/p>\n

In exchange, the DOJ will dismiss the criminal charges.<\/p>\n

What’s next:<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, family members who have traveled from as far away as France, Ireland, and Canada will ask Judge Reed O\u2019Connor to reject the new deal.<\/p>\n

What they’re saying:<\/p>\n

In July of last year, the mother of one of the victims explained why they want Boeing to face criminal prosecution.<\/p>\n

“The public should expect the Department of Justice to serve justice and protect them from perpetrators,” said Nadia Milleron. “We never thought that getting on a commercial airplane would be a safety concern.”<\/p>\n

An attorney for the families said the agreement does not hold Boeing accountable and fails to provide appropriate safety monitoring of the company.<\/p>\n

The Source:<\/b> The information in this story comes from past news coverage and an attorney for the victims’ families.<\/p>\n

Fort Worth<\/a>Boeing<\/a>Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT WORTH, Texas – A federal judge in Fort Worth will decide if Boeing should face criminal prosecution…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":196959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,18819,6082,7371,7372,50,7375,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-196958","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-boeing","10":"tag-crime-publicsafety","11":"tag-fort-worth","12":"tag-fortworth","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-tarrant-county","15":"tag-texas","16":"tag-tx","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115140691836230902","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}