Judge to hear objections from crash victims' families to deal letting Boeing avoid prosecution

Open this photo in gallery: Boeing 737 Max aircraft at the company's plant in Renton, Wash., in 2024.Jennifer Buchanan/Reuters A U.S. judge on Wednesday will hold a hearing on whether to approve a deal between the Justice Department and Boeing BA-N that allows the plane maker to avoid prosecution on a charge stemming from two fatal 737 Max plane crashes that killed 346 people. Judge Reed O'Connor in Texas will consider objections from relatives of some of those killed in the crashes in Indonesia in 2018 and Ethiopia in 2019 to the agreement that enables Boeing to escape oversight from…