Attorneys representing some families of people killed in two crashes of 737 MAX jets have filed an objection to the federal plea agreement pending before a U.S. District Court in Fort Worth, Tex., claiming it is too lenient on the aircraft manufacturer. Reportedly, some of the families want Boeing put on trial for its liability in the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines incidents. The agreement between the U.S. Dept. of Justice and Boeing and now pending before the court involves a guilty plea to a charge of criminal fraud conspiracy, plus a maximum fine of $487.2 million and a penalty that requires Boeing to invest $455 million to regularize its manufacturing programs' safety standards. When two 737 MAX jets crashed in October 2018 and March 2019, killing a total of 346 people, the investigation into the causes revealed multiple efforts to conceal Boeing's compliance with reporting requirements and awareness of the design flaws.