In a temporary non -prosecution agreement with the US Department of Justice, Boeing came in a fraud case that arises after two fatal 737 max aircraft crashes that claimed the lives of 346 people, according to people who know the issue.

The deal will prevent the date of the trial set for June 23, where the construction company is accused of misleading the US regulatory authorities over a critical flight control system at 737 max, the highest sales aircraft.

The deal will allow Boeing to avoid conviction, however, a blow to families who lost relatives in accidents and had pressured prosecutors to lead the US airplane manufacturer to trial.

A conviction for a felony could also threaten Boeing’s ability to secure profitable government contracts with companies such as the US Department of Defense and NASA, although it could have requested exemptions.

Both Boeing and the Ministry of Justice refused to comment on the case.

In July, Boeing had agreed to admit its guilt for the fraud of fraud after the two deadly 737 max in Indonesia and Ethiopia in 2018 and 2019, and paid a fine of up to $ 487.2 million. However, Boeing has no longer agreed to declare guilty in the case, prosecutors told members of the victims of the accident during a meeting with them on Friday, sources said.

The company’s stance changed after a judge rejected a previous assumption agreement last December, prosecutors told family members.

Ministry of Justice officials continue to weigh the possibility of proceeding with a non -prosecution agreement or lead Boeing to trial, a ministry ministry official said during the meeting. The final decision has not been made for the time being and Boeing and the Ministry of Justice officials have not yet exchanged documents to negotiate the final details of any non -prosecution agreement, the officials told family members. Nevertheless, the company was encouraged to bring to justice in the case, after a judge rejected the previous Boeing acceptance agreement and the Ministry of Justice concluded that there was ‘Significant risk of negative outcome’ to proceed with triala prosecutor said during Friday’s meeting.

The decision of the US Regional Judge Reed O’Connor to reject the previous Boeing agreement has extended the case to the next Trump government, which has been reshaped by the Ministry of Justice. Boeing is consensually consent to the original assumption agreement during the last months of the Biden government.

Paul Cassell family lawyer said in a statement that the government was determined to withdraw criminal prosecution, saying that “they were transmitting their biased idea that Boeing should be able to avoid any real consequences for its deadly lies”.

Another lawyer representing members of the family who attended the meeting, Erin Applebaum, said that “the script of the Ministry of Justice has made it clear that the outcome has already been decided”.

The Ministry of Justice said Boeing would be required to pay an additional $ 444.5 million to a victims of the accident, which will be distributed equally per victim, said family lawyers, in addition to $ 500 million.

Boeing has been confronted with intensive controls by the Federal Air Force Administration since January 2024, when a new max 9 of which were missing four basic bolts faced an emergency in the air losing a door bolt. FAA has limited production to 38 planes per month.

It is recalled that last Wednesday, Boeing Managing Director Kelly Ortberg appeared with President Trump in Qatar to announce that the manufacturer of aircraft had closed its largest loyal aircraft agreement when the Airway Airway Gulf country.