 Boeing used to own Spirit, which was spun off in 2005. The Justice Department has reportedly told Boeing it's going to charge it with fraud and is urging it to plead guilty or face trial over two fatal crashes. Lillian Wu, Fox News. Yeah, those plane crashes overseas in 2018 and 2019 killed 346 people. Victim's families have come out against this proposed government plea deal with Boeing. Boeing stocks at more than 2%. Back to this being July 1st, it means new laws in many areas, including minimum wage hikes.