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Boeing Ordered to Appear at Hearing for 737 Max Crash Victims’ Families
- Ruling may jeopardize plea agreement company reached in 2021
- Families will have opportunity to testify at Jan. 26 hearing
The crash site of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 on March 2019 in Bishoftu, Ethiopia.
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Boeing Co. was ordered to appear at a public arraignment in Texas next week on a felony charge related to two crashes of its 737 Max jets, as some victims’ families fight to unwind a plea deal that the company reached with US prosecutors.
The aircraft manufacturer has so far avoided prosecution under terms of its 2021 agreement with the US Justice Department. But US District Judge Reed O’Connor on Thursday ordered a Boeing representative to attend a Jan. 26 hearing, where family members of passengers killed in the crashes will have an opportunity to testify.