JAKARTA - Boeing pleaded guilty and paid a fine of US$243.6 million or around Rp3.96 trillion, CNBC reported, citing the United States (US) Department of Justice.
The fine was imposed on charges of criminal fraud related to two fatal 737 MAX aircraft accidents that occurred in 2018 and 2019.
"We can confirm that we have reached a principle agreement on the resolution requirements with the Department of Justice, which still has to be approved and ratified by certain requirements," CNBC quoted the company as saying by ANTARA from Sputnik, Monday, July 8.
This guilty plea deal boils down to the installation of independent monitors to oversee the compliance of the aircraft-building company for three years. Boeing also had to invest at least $455 million in compliance and safety programs, CNBC said.
The US Department of Justice notified Boeing in May that the company would be subject to criminal charges. This comes after the government agency found that Boeing violated a 2021 settlement that saw the company pay a fine of 2.5 billion US dollars (approximately IDR 40.6 trillion) and pledged to improve its safety and compliance protocol.
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Federal prosecutors recently recommended to senior Justice Department officials that Boeing be prosecuted for failing to improve the safety of his aircraft after a series of accidents this year. "Including a door panel that exploded from Alaska Airlines flights shortly after takeoff", a source close to the matter told Sputnik.
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