00:00Recently, Boeing CEO David Calhoun sat before a Senate committee, a hearing regarding worker
00:05treatment and the safety of their airplanes.
00:07U.S. Justice Department prosecutors now say the company should face criminal charges for
00:12two fatal crashes involving their aircraft.
00:14The crashes occurred in 2018 and 2019 and were caused by malfunctioning defects in their
00:20planes.
00:20Nearly 350 people died as a result.
00:24However, neither Boeing nor any of its leadership were ever charged for crimes.
00:27That's because in 2021, they reached a settlement agreement with prosecutors where
00:32they were to overhaul their safety compliance and pay a $2.5 billion fine.
00:36However, just last month, Justice Department prosecutor Glenn Leon said Boeing had violated
00:41that settlement by failing to design, implement, and enforce a compliance and ethics program
00:46to prevent and detect violations of the U.S. fraud laws throughout its operations.
00:51And after the recent Senate hearing, the families of the deceased passengers who perished in
00:55the crash wrote an open letter to the DOJ, saying they believe that the department should
00:59launch criminal prosecutions of the responsible corporate officials of Boeing.
01:03At the time of the two crashes, including in particular former Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg,
01:09the DOJ has until July 7 to make a decision on whether to formally charge the aircraft
01:15manufacturer.
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