Relatives of victims hold a placard with photos of victims of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash in March 2019, prior to a hearing in Fort Worth, Texas, in January 2023. Shelby Tauber/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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This image shows the section of a Boeing 737 Max where a door plug blew out while Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 was at 16,000 feet in January. AP/National Transportation Safety Board via AP hide caption
Boeing is changing how it trains new recruits at the factory near Seattle where it assembles the 737 Max, part of a broader effort to improve quality after a midair blowout. 737 Max aircraft are seen in various states of assembly at the Boeing factory in Renton, Wash., on Tuesday. Jennifer Buchanan/Pool photo by The Seattle Times hide caption
The U.S. Justice Department says Boeing broke a deferred prosecution deal with the government following a pair of fatal 737 Max crashes more than five years ago. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption
DOJ says Boeing broke deal that avoided prosecution after 2 fatal 737 Max crashes
Catherine Berthet of France, whose daughter Camille was killed in the 2019 crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, speaks Wednesday alongside other family members of victims after meeting with Justice Department officials. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
After two Boeing 737 Max crashes, families are still seeking answers from DOJ
A Boeing 787 Dreamliner accelerates down the runway during its first flight in December, 2009 in Everett, Wash. Stephen Brashear/Getty Images hide caption
Another Boeing whistleblower says he faced retaliation for reporting 'shortcuts'
United Airlines is asking pilots to take unpaid leave next month because of a shortage of new Boeing planes. Boeing has slowed deliveries of 737 Max jets because of manufacturing concerns. Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A photo from the National Transportation Safety Board shows seats that were near the door plug expelled from a Boeing 737 Max 9 in flight. Seats 26A and 26B were unoccupied — a fact that helped prevent the incident from being worse, officials said. NTSB hide caption
Boeing is under heightened scrutiny from regulators and the public after a door plug panel blew off a jet in midair two months ago. Now the Justice Department is conducting a criminal investigation. Several Boeing 737 Max planes under construction in Renton, Wash. are shown outside the company's plant on February 27, 2024. Jovelle Tamayo for NPR hide caption
As the DOJ investigates Boeing, crash victims' families wonder why it's taken so long
Boeing workers at the Renton Municipal Airport in Washington finalize assembly of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max jet on Feb. 27. An FAA audit faulted Boeing for "multiple instances" of quality control shortcomings. Jovelle Tamayo for NPR hide caption
The FAA gives Boeing 90 days to fix quality control issues. Critics say they run deep
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Boeing announced a management shakeup - including the ouster of the leader of the 737 Max production line. At the Singapore Airshow, miniature models of Boeing aircraft including the 737 Max (front) are displayed on February 21, 2024. Roslan Rahman/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Why problems at a key Boeing supplier may help explain the company's 737 Max 9 mess
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The door plug area of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft, seen with the paneling removed, awaits inspection Wednesday at the airline's facilities at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. Lindsey Wasson/AP hide caption
The FAA is tightening oversight of Boeing and will audit production of the 737 Max 9
This photo shows the gaping hole where the panel used to plug an area reserved for an exit door on a Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliner blew out Jan. 5, shortly after the flight took off from Portland, Ore., forcing the plane to return to Portland International Airport. National Transportation Safety Board via AP hide caption
The first Alaska Airlines passenger flight on a Boeing 737-9 Max airplane takes off on a flight to San Diego from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle on March 1, 2021. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption
FAA orders grounding of certain Boeing 737 Max 9 planes after Alaska Airlines incident
A Boeing 737 MAX jet lands following a Federal Aviation Administration test flight at Boeing Field in Seattle, Wash., in June 2020. Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Zipporah Kuria, of London, carries a photo of her deceased father Joseph Waithaka as she walks into federal court for the Boeing arraignment hearing in Fort Worth, Texas on Thursday. Waithaka was killed in 2019 crash of a Boeing 737 Max airliner. LM Otero/AP hide caption
Boeing will pay $200 million to settle SEC charges over 737 Max crashes
A United Airlines plane takes off over another plane on the runway at San Francisco International Airport last year. United Airlines has announced a new order of 270 narrow-bodied planes from Boeing and Airbus. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption
A Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane sits on the assembly line at Boeing's 737 assembly facility in 2019. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption
Boeing said Friday that some of its 737 Max planes may have an electrical problem, leading airlines to ground dozens of the jets. An American Airlines flight on a Boeing 737 Max is seen here in December in Miami. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Rescuers work at the scene of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max that crashed near Bishoftu, or Debre Zeit, south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in March 2019. Mulugeta Ayene/AP hide caption
Boeing To Pay $2.5 Billion Settlement Over Deadly 737 Max Crashes
A Boeing 737 Max lands earlier this month at an airport in Porto Alegre, Brazil. On Friday, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation released its probe into what went wrong with the airliner after it was involved in multiple deadly crashes. Silvio Avila/AFP via Getty Images hide caption