Boeing
The aviation giant is avoiding a trial on a criminal fraud conspiracy charge with its plea, under which it will pay $243.6 million and invest $455 million in safety programs.
A 30-year veteran of the troubled airline giant has alleged to CNN that parts unsuitable for flight were put back into planes at the Everett, WA, factory.
Investigators say the company “blatantly violated” regulations by publicly speculating on the cause of a freak mid-air accident.
Calhoun and his board have long used Boeing as an ATM, putting profits over safety. And now the DOJ thinks the aerospace giant should be charged.
An official livestream sparked fears that an astronaut had a serious problem.
The launch comes after a string of recent delays and years of setbacks for Boeing’s answer to SpaceX.
Boeing’s Starliner space flight test failed to launch on Saturday after engineers encountered a technical problem in the capsule’s propulsion module.