Tuesday, July 02, 2024
US wants Boeing to plead guilty to fraud over fatal crashes, lawyers say
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Justice Department is pushing Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud in connection with two deadly plane crashes involving its 737 Max jetliners, according to several people who heard federal prosecutors detail a proposed offer Sunday.
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They also need the FAA officials who permitted Boeing to self-certify to be faced with the same charges for those same crimes.
ReplyDeleteI'm waiting for Boeing's Starliner to be declared "ready" to return with crew, then watch in horror as it incinerates itself on re-entry. Boeing will be toast.
ReplyDeleteI really don't think that they're that stupid, but the way that company is run these days, along with the asskissers at NASA, there's no telling what's going to happen. If I was one of the crew members on that thing, I'd be speed dialing Musk every day and twice on Sunday pleading for a rescue.
Remember, this flight was supposed to be a flight worthiness certification.
I'd guess they failed.
The real disconcerting fact is this vehicle has been SIXTEEN YEARS in the making. So, 16 years and untold BILLIONS of borrowed taxpayer $ and they flunked after several years of delays of their initial launch.
Great ROI. We went to the moon and back in eight years in a vehicle designed using slide rules with a navigation computer that had 2k of RAM, 2 thousand 14 bit words of random access magnetic core memory. Today's smart phones have gigabytes of solid state memory. Mine has 5 gigabytes and I'm kicking my self for not at least doubling its size when I bought it six years ago.
Starliner has a malfunctioning directional control system. The maneuvering thrusters, powered by helium, are either leaking or don't respond to commands properly.
The maneuvering system is required for uncoupling from the Space Station and to adjust the craft for the proper re-entry angle so that Starliner neither bounces off the atmosphere or enters at an unrecoverable angle and toasts itself and the crew.
Isn't that just peachy.
Bottom line, the crew is going to be in space for a long, Long, LONG time and probably will need to hitch a ride home on one of Musk's ships.
Nemo
How about pleading guilty to the "suicide" of the prosecutor? Not to mention the whistleblowers.
ReplyDeleteI don't think any of the crap happening to Boeing is accidental. Sabotage, Democrats. Airbus. It's being done on purpose.
ReplyDeletePart of the democrat push. No jobs but government jobs in the US.
DeleteSo we destroy America's largest aircraft company, why? Who benefits? Who is behind it? Don't get me wrong Boeing management sucks, so fix that don't destroy Boeing!!!
DeleteIt's not government policy that is destroying Boeing, but Woke corporate policy. That's how the fools that are responsible for the 737-Max design and especially the training program that never taught pilots how to recognize a software failure and fly the plane manually were hired into management, and also the incompetent workmen who left the bolts off the door-plug that blew out in flight, etc.
DeleteI am coming from a bit of a naive perspective, but I seem to keep coming back to the same conclusion. When does Boeing's responsibility end. Most of the issues seem to happen to a fleet of aircraft averaging somewhere near 25 years. When should the responsibility fall into the airlines themselves. They have maintenance and yet can turn a plane around in less than a half hour. I believe the responsibility lies on the parts manufacturer's in some cases and possibly the airline maintenance crews. My car only comes with a 3 yr 36k warranty. I'm not sure I know of any company that sells equipment and warranties it forever. Seems crazy to me. We're dealing with lives. Any flight critical parts should be scrutinized, any manufacturer outside of specs shut down.
ReplyDeleteWell, if the airlines and their maintenance people are using Boeing parts when they do the repairs and they fail, I can see where Boeing would still be on the hook.
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