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Families of victims from the two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes expressed deep grief and anger following a decision by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) late Friday not to proceed with a criminal trial against Boeing. The DOJ announced it would recommend a non-prosecution agreement (NPA) to the court, allowing Boeing to withdraw from an earlier guilty plea related to conspiracy to defraud the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago

They plead guilty and its the government that wants them to go scott free? No, no, no.

[–] uawarebrah 20 points 1 week ago

They should feel slighted. Disgusting decision. Open corruption.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Rich enough to just pay off the DOJ. Boycott boeing. It's possible to see which plane is being used for a flight, isn't it?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Yes, most airlines list the aircraft type on their ticketing pages. But due to US hub and spoke transporation model in some cases you don't really have a choise who to travel with as some airlines have near monopoly on cerain routes and they might be just using single company's airplanes for training and maintanance purposes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, boycott where possible. It's impossible to be pure. But nice to know that you can check what kind of aircraft will be used. Would be cool to be able to filter by aircraft when buying tickets.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Some sites aded that functionality after this exact tragedy which resulted in all Boeing 737 MAX planes being temporarily grounded wordwide.