Families outraged as Boeing faces another plea deal after 737-max tragedies

WASHINGTON (7News) — Victims of Boeing 737-max crashes are angry that the Department of Justice will be offering the airline giant a plea deal, rather than taking them to trial for the deaths of 346 people.

The families, and their lawyers, call it a "Sweetheart" deal --- that for a second time allows the company to avoid prosecution for two back-to-back 737-max crashes.

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Zipporah Kuria lost her dad in one of the crashes.

"If we are here living in this nightmare, that doesn’t seem to end of what has now become our lives, why should the people who made the decisions continue to not face the people that they let down?" said Kuria.

Three years ago, Boeing entered into the first deal with the DOJ to avoid criminal prosecution by agreeing to terms that included improving quality control and oversight.

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Then, in January of this year, a door-plug blew out of a 737-max, at 16,000 feet. That incident was a violation of the agreement --- leading many, including families, to believe Boeing would be prosecuted.

The families are strenuously objecting to this new plea deal and are appealing to a federal judge to reject it, should Boeing accept it.