Boeing's order of 44 planes in June marks their best month, but it's a 27% drop on an annual basis amid a whirlwind of legal and production challenges. On Sunday, the US Justice Department said Boeing agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge linked to two 737 MAX fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019 instead of a criminal trial.
The company has pledged to expand production by the end of the year, after wrestling with supply chain snags and operating a slower assembly line since a Jan. 5 mid-air blowout of a door plug on a 737 MAX 9 jet that heightened regulatory scrutiny.
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