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What’s next for Boeing after US says plane maker can be prosecuted

The Department of Justice said that Boeing can be prosecuted for violating a 2021 criminal settlement over the certification of the 737 MAX, on the heels of a near-catastrophic Alaska Airlines flight in January that made an emergency landing after a panel on the fuselage blew out. US officials gave Boeing until June 13 to respond with input the United States "shall consider in determining whether to pursue prosecution of (Boeing)."