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华盛顿，3月31日（路透社）——美国上诉法院周二维持下级法院的一项裁决，批准美国司法部驳回针对波音的刑事诉讼案的决定，这使得这家飞机制造商得以避免因两起致命737 MAX客机坠毁事故遭到起诉，这两起事故共造成346人死亡。
得克萨斯州沃斯堡美国地区法院法官里德·奥康纳去年11月表示，他无权否决政府与波音达成和解的决定，尽管他称该和解“未能确保必要的问责，以保障飞行公众的安全”。
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美国第五巡回上诉法院的一个三人法官小组维持了奥康纳的裁决，称联邦被害人权益法并未赋予“被害人对刑事起诉被驳回提起上诉的无限权利”。
奥康纳称，他不认为驳回这起在拜登政府任内启动、最初以波音认罪告终的诉讼符合公共利益。
奥康纳2023年曾表示，“波音的犯罪行为可被恰当地视为美国历史上代价最惨重的企业犯罪”。
2018年和2019年，印度尼西亚和埃塞俄比亚先后发生737 MAX客机致命坠毁事故，共造成346人死亡。2024年，波音同意就一项刑事欺诈共谋罪认罪。
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唐纳德·特朗普总统就职后，司法部于5月改变立场，放弃了要求波音认罪的诉求。
根据和解协议，波音同意向坠机受害者基金额外支付4.445亿美元，按两起致命737 MAX坠毁事故的每名受害者平均分配；此外还需缴纳2.436亿美元新罚款，并拿出4.55亿美元用于加强公司的合规、安全和质量体系。
今年9月，美国联邦航空管理局提议对波音处以310万美元罚款，原因是一系列安全违规行为，包括与2024年1月阿拉斯加航空公司737 MAX 9客机空中紧急事件相关的行为，以及干扰安全官员的独立性。
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US appeals court upholds decision to dismiss Boeing criminal case
2026-03-31 1:51 PM UTC / Reuters
By David Shepardson
March 31, 2026 1:51 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago
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WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld a ruling by a lower court to approve the Justice Department decision to dismiss a criminal case against Boeing, which allowed the planemaker to avoid prosecution on a charge stemming from two fatal 737 MAX plane crashes that killed 346 people.
Judge Reed O’Connor, of the U.S. District Court in Fort Worth, Texas, in November said he had no authority to reject the government’s decision to make a deal with Boeing, even though he said it “fails to secure the necessary accountability to ensure the safety of the flying public.”
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A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld O’Connor’s decision, saying a federal crime victims law does not grant “an unlimited right for victims to appeal the dismissal of criminal prosecutions.”
O’Connor said he did not agree that dismissing the case, which had been pursued under the Biden administration and initially resulted in an admission of guilt by Boeing, was in the public interest.
O’Connor said in 2023 that “Boeing’s crime may properly be considered the deadliest corporate crime in U.S. history.”
Boeing had agreed to plead guilty in 2024 to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge after the fatal 737 MAX crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people.
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After President Donald Trump took office, DOJ reversed course in May and dropped the demand for a guilty plea.
Under the deal, Boeing agreed to pay an additional $444.5 million into a crash victims’ fund to be divided evenly per victim of the two fatal 737 MAX crashes, on top of a new $243.6 million fine and $455 million to strengthen the company’s compliance, safety, and quality programs.
In September, the FAA proposed fining Boeing $3.1 million for a series of safety violations, including actions tied to a January 2024 Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 mid-air emergency, and for interfering with safety officials’ independence.
Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Mark Porter
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