By Mike Spector, David Shepardson, Allison Lampert and Chris Prentice NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Boeing has reached a tentative nonprosecution agreement with U.S. prosecutors in a fraud case stemming from two fatal 737 MAX plane crashes that killed 346 people,

The Justice Department and Boeing could strike a deal that would avoid the company entering a guilty plea or prosecution. Boeing previously agreed to plead guilty to criminal fraud last year after the Biden Justice Department found the aerospace giant violated a 2021 agreement.

Prosecutors are proposing a nonprosecution agreement to resolve Boeing’s violation of an earlier settlement.