US-Boeing deal over 737 Max crashes ‘morally repugnant’, says lawyer for victims’ families

Planemaker seals $1.1bn agreement to avoid prosecution over two crashes that killed 346 people

Boeing has agreed to pay $1.1bn (812m) to avoid prosecution over two plane crashes that killed 346 people, in a deal that a lawyer for 16 families of the victims has described as morally repugnant".

The plane manufacturer has secured a deal - agreed in principle last month - with the US Department of Justice (DoJ), which includes paying $444.5m to the families of those who died in the crashes of 737 Max jetliners in 2018 and 2019.