A test pilot for Boeing’s 737 MAX is reportedly facing federal charges over allegations that he misled aviation regulators regarding critical safety issues blamed for two plane crashes that killed 346 people in total. The pilot, Mark Forkner, was a chief technical pilot during the development of the 737 MAX, and will face prosecution within the upcoming weeks, according to The Wall Street Journal. A U.S. House investigation previously found that Forkner told regulators that the faulty MCAS flight control system was safe, despite telling his colleagues that the system was “egregious” after performing simulator tests. The MCAS system was blamed for the OCT 2018 Lion Air crash in Indonesia that killed 189 passengers, as well as a MAR 2019 crash in Ethiopia that killed 157.
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