Federal Judge Dismisses Criminal Case Against Boeing for 737 MAX Crashes

Families of victims had objected to the dismissal. The company reached an agreement with the government to avoid prosecution.

A wing of the Boeing 737 MAX is pictured during a media tour of the Boeing 737 MAX at the Boeing plant in Renton, Washington, on Dec. 7, 2015. Matt Mills McKnight/Reuters

Chief Judge Reed O'Connor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Nov. 6 dismissed a federal criminal case against The Boeing Company for crashes of its 737 MAX 8 model of commercial aircraft.

The prosecution stemmed from two air incidents—Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302, which went down on March 10, 2019, and Lion Air Flight 610, which crashed on Oct. 29, 2018—which killed 346 passengers and crew.