Former Boeing 737 Max pilot charged with fraud

Former Boeing 737 Max pilot charged with fraud

Oct 15, 2021 by BBC News - Business

Key Facts

  • Mark Forkner, 49, was indicted by a grand jury in Texas of hindering the ability to protect airline passengers and leaving "pilots in the lurch," the US Justice Department said.
  • The MCAS, a software feature designed to automatically push the airplane's nose down in certain conditions, was linked to two fatal crashes of the 737 Max over a five-month period and led to the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) grounding the plane for 19 months, an action which was lifted in November 2020.
  • A lawyer for Mr Forkner had not responded to a request for comment at the time of writing.
  • But a lawyer representing the relatives of crash victims said Mr Forkner did not act alone, and prosecutors needed to go much further in attempting to find out how far the deception actually went.

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