Former Boeing test pilot is facing charges connected to the 737 Max jet
Mark Forkner, a former Boeing technical pilot, will appear in court on charges that he deceived safety regulators about a key system in the 737 Max.
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Mark Forkner, a former Boeing technical pilot, will appear in court on charges that he deceived safety regulators about a key system in the 737 Max.
A local reporter said the crowd outside Boeing's facility in Everett, Washington seemed to be a mix of employees and individuals with anti-vaccine sentiments.
The indictment alleges that 49-year-old Mark Forkner also schemed to defraud Boeing's U.S.-based airline customers out of tens of millions of dollars for the company.
Mark Forkner was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury and accused of deceiving safety regulators who were evaluating the plane. He went before a judge, Friday.
A former Boeing worker and Southwest Airlines pilot from Keller was in federal court in Tarrant County. He faces charges for allegedly deceiving safety regulators about the 737 Max jet.