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US Weighs Dropping Boeing Crash Charge, Victims’ Lawyers Say
Indonesian investigators inspect the wreckage of an engine from Lion Air Flight JT 610 recovered from the sea in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2018
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The US Justice Department is considering an agreement that would allow Boeing Co. to avoid a criminal charge for two fatal crashes of its 737 Max jets, according to lawyers representing family members of the victims.
Federal prosecutors told representatives of the relatives on Friday that the department was deciding whether to enter into a nonprosecution agreement with the planemaker or proceed to a trial scheduled for June 23, Clifford Law Offices said in a statement.