01:30 PM EDT, 07/15/2024 (MT Newswires) -- A federal judge set an expedited timetable for the objections of relatives of victims of two fatal crashes involving Boeing ( BA ) 737 MAX jets after the US Justice Department filed plea deal with the company, Reuters reported Monday.

Earlier this month, the plane manufacturer in principle agreed to plead guilty to a fraud conspiracy charge in connection with the two crashes and pay a $243.6 million fine.

The company will have two weeks to respond to the objections, District Judge Reed O'Connor of the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas said.

Boeing ( BA ) and the Justice Department did not immediately respond to MT Newswires' request for comment.

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