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Boeing pleads guilty to fraud in 737 Max crashes, faces fines and scrutiny. Lessons learned for aviation safety.

US aviation regulators said Monday that thousands of Boeing 737 airplanes would need to be inspected, amid concerns that passenger oxygen masks could fail in emergencies.

Boeing’s 737 Max is a more fuel-efficient version of the American aerospace company’s popular 737, the best-selling airliner ever

Boeing Co. agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge related to fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people.

The plea deal calls for Boeing to pay an additional £190million fine

The agreement comes as the Department of Justice is set to offer Boeing a plea deal in connection to two deadly crashes

Boeing has until July 7 to accept the deal. If the company rejects the terms, the DOJ can pursue prosecution

At its plane factory near Seattle, Boeing has increased employee training, appointed mentors for new recruits, brought back retirees as coaches and stepped up tracking of performance metrics.

According to the FAA, there was a high stress concentration in the access panel of the lavatory service panel, the stringer 22 attachment, and the fuselage skin, all of which resulted in "fatigue cracking."

According to media reports, US federal prosecutors are recommending that the Department of Justice bring criminal charges against Boeing. They say the planemaker violated a deal that shielded it from prosecution over two fatal crashes involving its 737 MAX jets. Plus, Apple has become the first tech giant to be…

The Boeing plane was on its way to San Francisco when it was forced to turn back