Fine Boeing £20bn for plane disasters

Families demand justice after two crashes and broken’ pledge

- CHRISTOPHER BUCKTIN

BOEING bosses must be prosecuted and the plane-maker fined almost £20bn for not honouring its safety pledge after two air crashes, say victims' families.

In all, 346 people died when two of its new 737 Max jets plunged out of the sky in 2018 and 2019. The disasters were dubbed "the deadliest corporate crime in US history".

The families' lawyer, Paul Cassell, said the £20billion would be "justified" given the "enormous human costs of Boeing's crimes".

He said the US government should prosecute those then leading Boeing, including CEO Dennis Muilenburg.