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A former Boeing executive has been indicted by a federal grand jury for fraud on the grounds that he deceived the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) when it was originally certifying the 737 [.]
A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a former Boeing pilot on charges he deceived federal safety regulators about the 737 Max jetliner, two of which were involved in deadly crashes, to save tens of millions of dollars for the airplane ma
A former Boeing pilot was on Thursday indicted by a US federal grand jury on charges of deceiving safety regulators about the 737 Max jetliner, which was later involved in two deadly crashes.
The indictment charges Mark Forkner with giving the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) false and incomplete information about an automated flight-control system that played a role in the crashes, which killed 346 people.
Prosecutors said that because of Forkner’s alleged deception, the system was not mentioned in pilot manuals or training materials.
An attorney for Forkner did not immediately respond for comment. Boeing and the FAA declined to comment.
Forkner, 49,