WASHINGTON: Households of Boeing 737 MAX crash victims on Wednesday (Jun 19) requested US authorities to impose a advantageous of as much as US$24.8 billion on the aviation large and proceed with prison prosecution.
The transfer comes a day after Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun acknowledged the “gravity” of the corporate’s security issues and warranted a US congressional panel that it was making progress on the difficulty.
Sitting behind him within the viewers had been family of victims of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashes in 2018 and 2019, who held up victims’ images.
“As a result of Boeing’s crime is the deadliest company crime in US historical past, a most advantageous of greater than US$24 billion is legally justified and clearly acceptable,” Paul Cassell, a lawyer for the households, wrote in a letter to the US Division of Justice.
The 32-page doc explains the calculations behind the quantity sought, saying Boeing “ought to be fined the utmost – US$24,780,000,000 – with maybe US$14,000,000,000 to US$22,000,0000,000 of the advantageous suspended on the situation that Boeing dedicate these suspended funds to an impartial company monitor and associated enhancements in compliance and security packages as recognized beneath”.
It added: “And Boeing’s Board of Administrators ought to be ordered to satisfy with the households.”
