Boeing pleaded “not guilty” in a Texas court Thursday to withholding information about the flight control systems of its 737 Max jet.
The problems with these devices caused two fatal accidents, in 2018 and 2019, which caused 346 deaths.
The complaint was filed by relatives of the victims and accepted by a judge in Forth Worth, Texas.
In January 2021, Boeing reached an agreement with the Department of Justice, whereby it agreed to pay 2.5 billion in a case related to the 737 Max, in which it was accused of trying to deceive the federal aviation agency ( FAA). English).
The agreement also contemplated the creation of a fund to compensate the families of the victims of the accidents, endowed with 500 million dollars. But the families consider that this agreement harms them, various media reported.
The Department of Justice, which closed negotiations with Boeing in 2021, defended the resolution agreed with Boeing, which later admitted its responsibility in the accidents, refused to reopen negotiations with the company to reach a new agreement.
In March 2019, an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max crashed in Ethiopia with 157 people on board, months after another Lion Air plane of the same model also crashed, this time in Indonesia, in October 2018. , which caused the death of 189 people.
Source: TSF
