A month after the US Department of Justice (DoJ) filed a case accusing the planemaker of violating its terms under a 2021 deal that protected Boeing from criminal prosecution, the plea was made public in a letter to the DoJ.
Then, in the wake of the 2018 and 2019 crashes, Boeing consented to pay $2.5 billion to close the inquiry into its behavior, reimburse the relatives of the victims, and reform its compliance procedures.
The accord, referred to as a deferred prosecution agreement, was scheduled to end in January of this year.
Numerous agencies, including the Department of Justice, have looked into the incident.
Boeing refuted allegations last week that its production methods prior to the MAX 9 Alaska Airlines crash had violated the provisions of the deferred prosecution agreement.
