By David Shepardson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Families of some victims of two Boeing 737 MAX plane crashes that killed 346 people asked a U.S. appeals court on Thursday to reverse a judge’s decision to approve the Justice Department’s request to dismiss a criminal case against the planemaker.

Judge Reed O’Connor, of U.S. District Court in Fort Worth, Texas, last week approved the request by the Trump administration’s Justice Department, but harshly criticized the government’s decision.

He said he did not agree that dismissing the case, which had been pursued under the Biden administration and initially resulted in an admission of guilt, was in the public interest.

The families asked the 5th Circuit Court to reverse his decision. They said the Justice Department violated their rights as cri

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