Boeing could evade criminal charges for violating a settlement linked to fatal crashes

The DOJ may offer a deferred prosecution agreement that could require the company to install a federal monitor to oversee safety improvements.

The U.S. Justice Department is considering allowing planemaker Boeing to escape criminal prosecution for violating the terms of a 2021 settlement related to two fatal 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019, The New York Times reported on Friday.