The US says Boeing violated a 2021 settlement. That doesn't mean the company will face charges

The Justice Department says Boeing has violated terms of a deal that allowed the giant aircraft manufacturer to avoid prosecution for fraud in 2021. What happens next? The government says it hasn't decided. Federal prosecutors accuse Boeing of failing to adhere to a settlement involving two deadly crashes of the company’s 737 Max jetliners more than five years ago. They could revive their original fraud charge, but they also may choose to keep Boeing on probation or ask a federal judge in Texas to permanently dismiss the criminal charge. A three-year probationary period was about to expire when a door plug on a new 737 Max blew out during an Alaska Airlines flight in January.