Following the consecutive plane crashes in 2018 and 2019, Boeing was sued for compensation for the 737 Max model aircraft, Boeing denied the accusations and tried to escape punishment. The aircraft company has recently been fined for $ 2.5 billion in damages by confessing its guilt.
In October 2018, a plane belonging to Lion Air Flight crashed in Indonesia and 181 people died as a result of the accident. Immediately 6 months after this accident, an accident of the same type occurred in Ethiopia and the accident took the lives of 157 people. Boeing’s 737 MAX aircraft were used in both accidents.
Relatives of those who died after two consecutive accidents, many institutions and the USA filed a criminal complaint against Boeing. Boeing lied against the charges he faced and sought to avoid large-scale compensation.
“Boeing preferred to be profitable rather than outspoken”
Boeing, who told many lies and denied the accusations about engineering errors in the aircraft’s mechanics, eventually admitted that he lied to the government to avoid penalties. Following the confession, the US government decided Boeing to pay $ 2.5 billion in compensation. The charges against the company will be dropped completely after the compensation is paid.
Boeing will have to pay $ 243 million to this institution alone for deceiving the Ministry of Justice. David Burns, deputy deputy attorney attorney at the US Department of Justice, spoke the following about the firm’s deception; “Boeing employees preferred to take the ground rather than being outspoken, trying to cover up the technical malfunctions of the 737 MAX aircraft.”
A fund of 500 million dollars was allocated to the relatives of those who died in the accident in Indonesia and Ethiopia. If the compensation is shared equally, each relative will be paid approximately $ 1.4 million. Boeing will also pay a total of $ 1.7 billion for both airlines that bought the 737 MAX and later suffered.
Boeing Chairman David Calhoun said in a statement to his employees; “I believe that making this decision is the right thing for us. By taking this step, we show that we cannot meet our values and expectations. “With this decision, we understand once again how important it is to be transparent in the face of justice, and we are heavily experiencing how the company can face a difficult burden if we continue to not meet our expectations.”
