A federal judge has set a trial date for Boeing, potentially forcing the company to defend itself in court against a criminal charge relating to two fatal 737 Max crashes.

A U.S. judge on Tuesday abruptly set a June 23 trial date in the Justice Department's criminal fraud case against Boeing stemming from the planemaker's alleged misrepresentations to U.S. regulators about a key system on the 737 MAX.

A federal judge in Texas has set a June trial date for the U.S. government’s years-old conspiracy case against Beoing for misleading regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed,

Boeing is looking to retract its guilty plea agreement in an ongoing criminal case linked to two fatal 737 MAX crashes, The Wall Street Journal has reported.

Boeing is seeking to withdraw an agreement to plead guilty in a criminal case that blamed the company for deceiving regulators before two deadly crashes of 737 MAX jets, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.