A former chief technical pilot for Boeing has been indicted on charges that he deceived federal aviation officials about the Max 737 jet, a plane later involved in two crashes that killed more than 340 people.
LM Otero / AP fileA former chief technical pilot for Boeing was indicted Thursday on charges that he deceived federal aviation officials about the Max 737 jet, a plane later involved in two crashes that killed more than 340 people.
Mark A. Forkner, 49, was charged by a federal grand jury with fraud and wire fraud, the Justice Department said. Forkner is accused of deceiving the Federal Aviation Administration, which was evaluating the new jet, particularly regarding its Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System, or MCAS. "In an attempt to save Boeing money, Forkner allegedly withheld critical information from regulators,” Chad E. Meacham, acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, said in a
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