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Mark Forkner

Boeing’s former chief technical pilot for the 737 MAX; tried in 2022 on wire-fraud charges and acquitted.

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United States v. Forkner

  1. 23 Mar 2022 Acquitted by U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas: four counts of wire fraud; jury verdict 12

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  1. until 2018 Mark Forkner worked at Boeing
  2. 23 Mar 2022 Mark Forkner acquitted by U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
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  1. Former Boeing test pilot found not guilty of deceiving FAA (Associated Press, as published by HeraldNet), The Associated Press, 23 Mar 2022. Scholarship & press
    A jury in federal district court in Fort Worth deliberated less than two hours before finding Mark Forkner not guilty on four counts of wire fraud.
    Forkner was Boeing’s chief technical pilot for the 737 Max, giving him a key role in determining pilot-training requirements.
  2. Pilot Acquitted In MAX Case, AVweb, 23 Mar 2022. Scholarship & press
    Former Boeing test pilot Mark Forkner has been acquitted of deceiving the FAA about the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) on the Boeing 737 MAX.
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