A federal grand jury in Texas, the US, charges former chief technical pilot for Boeing with deceiving the US Federal Aviation Administration during the evaluation and certification process for the 737 Max airplane over the fatal deadly plane crush in Ethiopia and Indonesia.
Pilots received no training about the new system used in the 737 MAX flight controls because of Mark Forkner's actions, the release said.
"A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Texas returned an indictment today charging a former Chief Technical Pilot for The Boeing Company (Boeing) with deceiving the Federal Aviation Administration’s Aircraft Evaluation Group (FAA AEG) in connection with the FAA AEG’s evaluation of Boeing’s 737 MAX airplane, and scheming to defraud Boeing’s US‑based airline customers to obtain tens of millions of dollars for Boeing," the Justice Department said.
The Justice Department said Forkner allegedly provided US federal regulators with materially false, inaccurate, and incomplete information about a new system of the flight controls of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.
He faces up to 100 years in prison if convicted, the release said.
