U.S.-based aircraft maker Boeing pleaded not guilty in court on Jan. 26 to a fraud conspiracy felony charge after it was accused of deceiving regulators about flight control systems on its 737 MAX aircraft, which was involved in two crashes.
U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor took the plea from Boeing, which was represented by its chief safety officer and a string of lawyers, during the three-hour hearing in Fort Worth, Texas.
Family members of those who died in the crashes read emotional testimony as they called for top Boeing officials to face criminal charges and rejected a 2021 Department of Justice agreement to resolve the investigations into the crashes….