Justice department to offer Boeing a plea deal related to MAX crashes

The U.S. Department of Justice is preparing to offer Boeing a plea deal to resolve a criminal charge of fraud following two fatal crashes of the manufacturer’s 737 MAX jet. Federal prosecutors told attorneys representing those who lost loved ones in the crashes about the deal at a meeting on Sunday, according to two of those lawyers, Paul Cassell and Mark Lindquist. The plea deal would include a $244 million fine, a three-year probation and an independent monitor appointed to oversee the company’s progress on safety and quality improvements. Cassell...