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Boeing's former 737 MAX test pilot, Mark Forkner, was indicted for fraud Thursday for allegedly misleading regulators about problems tied to the aircraft's two fatal crashes.
A federal grand jury has indicted a former Boeing 737 MAX Chief Technical Pilot, charging him with deceiving the Federal Aviation Administration.
Boeing Max test pilot indicted by DOJ for allegedly deceiving federal certification officials
DALLAS (AP) - A former Boeing test pilot has been indicted on fraud charges related to his work in evaluating the 737 Max jetliner, the same model that was involved in two deadly crashes. Prosecutors said Mark Forkner was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury and accused of deceiving safety regulators who were evaluating the plane. The indictment accuses Forkner of giving false and incomplete information to the Federal Aviation Administration about a flight-control system on the plane. The control system was implicated in the crashes. It pushed the noses of the planes down, and pilots were...
The pilot is charged with deceiving federal regulators evaluating 737 Max jets prior to approval.