Boeing 737 Max 8

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will again meet with victims’ families of the Boeing 737 MAX8 crashes on Friday, May 31, 2024, following the Department’s decision that Boeing violated the Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) entered into three years ago with the airline manufacturer. The families will seek justice and accountability by asking the DOJ to move Boeing’s criminal prosecution forward in the normal pattern for criminal cases. Specifically, the families will ask for a…

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, concluded that Boeing breached an agreement that it had reached three years ago regarding the safety of its aircraft. This important step means that the pending criminal conspiracy charge filed against Boeing in federal district court in Texas will now move forward against the aircraft manufacturer that could lead to a criminal conviction against Boeing. The DOJ had entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement…

Families from the U.S. and at least four other countries who lost loved ones in the crash of the MAX8 jet in 2019 met with representatives of the Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday, April 24, in a “conferral meeting” regarding whether Boeing has complied with the deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) entered into as a result of two disastrous crashes of the MAX 8 jet in 2018 and 2019. FAMILIES SPOKE LIVE OUTSIDE THE BOND BUILDING…

Boeing’s top executive will step down this year amid a broader shakeup of the airplane manufacturer’s top leadership announced on March 25, 2024. Still, it is disappointing that it took CEO David Calhoun to leave because of the MAX9 door mishap. He told the press that the Alaska Airlines door plug flying off in January was a “watershed moment.” “Two Boeing MAX8 planes crashed within five months while Calhoun was at a top executive spot…

The families who lost loved ones in the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX8 jet in Ethiopia nearly five years ago reacted to the firing of the corporate executive who headed the 737 MAX passenger jet program. It is being reported that effective immediately Ed Clark, an 18-year-veteran of the company, is fired following a dramatic midair blowout last month of a door plug, underscoring continuing problems with the jet over a period of years….

An Alaska Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, at about 5 p.m. on Friday, January 5th, 2024, when a panel and window the size of a refrigerator blew out of a Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft. The incident has led to a federal investigation, and a number of planes have been grounded for safety concerns. Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices in Chicago and…

FAA Grounds That Type of Plane as Top Aviation Attorney Robert Clifford Says FAA’s Swift Action May Signal Serious Concern About Possible Defect in the Fleet As the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounds all Boeing MAX9 aircraft across the country following the emergency landing last night (Friday, Jan. 5, 2024) of one of those planes. Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices in Chicago and Lead Counsel in the pending civil…

Alaska Airlines has grounded the Boeing MAX9 jets after a window and a chunk of the fuselage blew out of the plane shortly after takeoff, causing the aircraft to make an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, late Friday night (January 5, 2024). Photos from the plane that was able to land safely reportedly show a large hole in the plane’s side. Oxygen masks apparently were deployed indicating that the passenger cabin had been depressurized. Minor…

John V. Kalantzis, associate at Clifford Law Offices, will be speaking at the Travel Law Conference in England on “Aviation Law in the U.S.” on October 19, 2023. He will speak about what makes the judicial system in the United States distinct and the methods of illustrating the devastation wrought upon families by an aviation disaster to a civil jury. Part of the aviation legal team in the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX8 jet…