Boeing should be criminally charged for failure to comply with its previous settlement agreement to improve safety processes for its 737 planes.
This is the prosecution team's current recommendations to the Department of Justice as it considers reopening Boeing's case over the two air crashes in 2018 and 2019 involving the 737 aircraft, Reuters reported.
The latest proposition came after reports that the DOJ is considering not pushing through with the criminal case even after the Federal Aviation Agency found dozens of safety issues in the 737 planes.
Boeing Could Face More Regulatory Scrutiny: Reports
If the charges push through, the company is expected to face further regulatory scrutiny following several reports this year of its 737 MAX planes facing technical issues shortly after takeoff.
This includes the Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 that had to cancel its flight to Ontario, California on Jan. 5, after one of its panels blew off midflight.
Boeing retained it has "honored the terms" since it agreed to pay the $2.5 billion settlement for allegedly committing fraud to the FAA that killed 346 people.
The DOJ is expected to announce its final decision on the potential charges on July 7. Sources told Reuters that deliberations and negotiations between the two parties are still ongoing.
More Boeing Jets Face Gov't, Regulatory Scrutiny
Aside from the issues surrounding its 737 MAX planes, the company is facing other potential charges over similar safety production issues in its other commercial jets.
One of which was its 787 and 777 Dreamliner Jets after the company admitted that several of its employees falsified inspection records on the planes.
This is in addition to the growing number of whistleblowers, many of which were former Boeing engineers, coming forward to detail past safety concerns on the company.
One whistleblower even claimed that both the 787 and 777 Dreamliner planes could break apart mid-flight after only a little over a thousand trips.
News outlets have also reported that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has also started its own inquiry on the passengers affected by Boeing's recent mishaps, telling them that they could be "victims of crime."
