For a payment of 2,513 billion US dollars, the American criminal investigators stopped the proceedings against Boeing. The allegations made in connection with the 737-Max are fierce. The United States Department of Justice announced on Thursday that it had agreed with the aircraft manufacturer to pay the aforementioned sum.

It was investigated because of a "conspiracy to the detriment of the USA". Federal Prosecutor Erin Nealy Cox said in a statement that Boeing employees put profit before transparency. In this context, essential information was withheld from the FAA and corresponding cover-ups were carried out at the same time. With the payment of the fine, the group is now to be “held accountable for the criminal behavior of its employees”. Part of the billions will go to the survivors of the two fatal crashes. Airlines should also benefit from the agreement.

According to investigating authorities, Boeing confessed to MCAS. According to the US Department of Justice, the company has deceived the FAA about this system, so that information about MCAS was missing in important documents.

The fine is broken down as follows:

• The Justice Department received around US $ 243,6 million as a fine
• around 500 million US dollars will flow to the survivors of the two fatal crashes
• around 1,77 billion US dollars will be paid to the operators of the Boeing 737-Max as compensation