A former Boeing pilot was indicted for allegedly deceiving federal regulators during the development of the 737 MAX before two fatal crashes of the jet
David Gerger, an attorney for Mr. Forkner, didn’t respond to requests for comment late Thursday. Mr. Gerger has previously said that Mr. Forkner, a pilot and Air Force veteran, wouldn’t endanger pilots or passengers and that his communications with regulators were honest.
Mr. Forkner is expected to make an initial court appearance Friday in Fort Worth, prosecutors said. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison for each count of wire fraud, and 10 years in prison for each count of fraud involving aircraft parts in interstate commerce. The MCAS system was initially designed to activate during certain high-speed flying conditions that airline pilots wouldn’t normally encounter. During the aircraft’s development, Boeing engineers later expanded the system’s authority to include certain low-speed conditions that would trigger it.In chat messages previously released by congressional investigators, Mr.
Mr. Gerger has said that Mr. Forkner’s chat messages referred to problems with a simulator, not the aircraft.
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