Former Boeing pilot indicted for fraud in 737 Max airplane investigation
The former pilot who led Boeing's 737 Max technical team allegedly deceived safety regulators.
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The former pilot who led Boeing's 737 Max technical team allegedly deceived safety regulators.
Lead contact with the FAA 'provided the agency with materially false, inaccurate, and incomplete information', says DOJ.
Former Boeing pilot involved in 737 Max testing indicted
Boeing execs appear to have embraced the business of throwing whoever they can under the bus. This time it is Mark Forkner, the company's "former chief technical pilot on the 737 MAX program." He has been charged with fraud. Seattle Times' aviation reporter, Dominic Gates, a fine fellow for the most part, though he failed to take Boeing's buyback bonanza seriously, reports that the "indictment alleges he deceived both the Federal Aviation Administration and airline...
A senior U.S. House Democrat who oversaw a massive investigation into the Boeing 737 MAX said on Friday the indictment of a former chief technical pilot should not be the end of the accountability in the two fatal crashes that killed 346 people.