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Legal Proceedings
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Legal Proceedings [Abstract]  
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Various legal proceedings, claims and investigations related to products, contracts, employment, securities and other matters are pending against us. In addition, we are subject to various government inquiries and investigations from which civil, criminal or administrative proceedings could result or have resulted in the past. Such proceedings involve or could involve claims by the government for fines, penalties, compensatory and treble damages, restitution and/or forfeitures. Under U.S. government regulations, a company, or one or more of its operating divisions or subdivisions, can also be suspended or debarred from government contracts, have certain of its production certificates suspended or revoked, or lose its export privileges, based on the results of investigations. We believe, based upon current information, that the outcome of any currently pending legal proceeding, claim, or government dispute, inquiry or investigation will not have a material effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Multiple legal actions, investigations and inquiries were initiated concerning the October 29, 2018 accident of Lion Air Flight 610 and the March 10, 2019 accident of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302. While many of these legal actions and investigations have been resolved, others are still pending, including a number of civil lawsuits and claims brought by family members of those who died in the accidents. In addition, a motion to certify a class of plaintiffs is pending before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in a federal securities class action arising out of the accidents and the subsequent grounding of the 737 MAX. Furthermore, on January 7, 2021, we entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with the U.S. Department of Justice (the Department) relating to the Department’s investigation into us regarding the evaluation of the 737 MAX by the Federal Aviation Administration (the Investigation). Among other obligations, the DPA included a three-year reporting period, which ended in January 2024.
On May 14, 2024, the Department notified us of its determination that we did not fulfill our obligations under the DPA and that the Department would not move to dismiss the case. On May 29, 2025, Boeing and the Department reached agreement on the terms of a resolution in the form of a non-prosecution agreement, and the following day the Department filed a motion with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (the Court) to dismiss the criminal information. Certain family members' representatives have opposed the dismissal, and a hearing to consider the Department's motion has been scheduled with the Court for September 3, 2025. Under the terms of the non-prosecution agreement, Boeing will pay a fine of $244; commit to invest at least $455 in compliance, quality and safety programs over a three-year period; and retain an independent compliance consultant. In addition, Boeing will provide $445 of additional compensation for the family members of those who died in the accidents. We have established escrow accounts for the $244 fine and $445 compensation fund for family members which will be disbursed if the Court dismisses the criminal information. The $445 of additional compensation was accrued for and expensed in the second quarter of 2025 while the $244 fine was accrued for and expensed in 2024.
Multiple legal actions were initiated as a result of the January 5, 2024 737-9 door plug accident. We are also subject to multiple governmental and regulatory investigations and inquiries relating to the 737-9 door plug accident and our commercial airplanes business.
We cannot reasonably estimate a range of loss, if any, not covered by available insurance and in excess of any accrued amounts that may result given the current status of pending lawsuits, investigations and inquiries arising from the 2018 and 2019 737 MAX accidents and the January 2024 737-9 door plug accident.