Boeing on edge as it awaits fateful decision from DOJ

Boeing (BA) will soon know whether its horrible 2024 is about to get much worse. Justice Department officials have to decide by July 7 whether to criminally charge Boeing, which would be a devastating blow for a giant manufacturer, or reach some sort of settlement. The question is whether Boeing’s actions leading up to a January door plug blowout aboard an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 will cause the DOJ to revoke legal protections it extended to Boeing in a January 2020 deferred prosecution agreement. A Boeing 737 MAX in 2022. (REUTERS/Peter Cziborra) (Reuters / Reuters) Prosecutors told a…