FAA Adanyengedwa Kuti Azindikiritse Boeing 737 MAX: New Federal Jury Criminal Indictment

The Etihiopian Airlines and Lion Air Murder ali ndi dzina: Woimbidwa mlandu ndi Boeing Chief Technical Pilot Mark A. Forkner?

• Pa Okutobala 28, 2018, Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX idachita ngozi ndikupha 189.
• Pa Marichi 10, 2019, Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX idachita ngozi ndikupha 157.
• Pa Okutobala 14, 2021, Boeing Chief Technical Pilot Mark A. Forkner anaimbidwa mlandu ku United States chifukwa chonamiza bungwe la FAA povomereza certification ya Boeing MAX 737. Boeing inapulumutsa madola mamiliyoni ambiri panjira yachidule yotsimikizira izi.

Malinga ndi zikalata zaku khothi zomwe zidasungidwa ku Northern District of Texas Federal Court, a Mark A. Forkner, a zaka 49, omwe kale anali a Washington State ndipo pano aku Keller, Texas, akuti adanyenga FAA AEG panthawi yomwe bungweli likuwunika ndikuvomereza ndege ya Boeing 737 MAX.

Monga akunenera pamlanduwu, Forkner adapatsa bungweli chidziwitso chabodza, cholakwika, komanso chosakwanira chokhudza gawo latsopano la zowongolera ndege za Boeing 737 MAX yotchedwa Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS). Chifukwa chachinyengo chake, chikalata chofunikira chofalitsidwa ndi FAA AEG sichinatchulidwepo za MCAS. Momwemonso, zolemba za ndege ndi zida zophunzitsira oyendetsa ndege zaku US sizinatchulidwepo za MCAS - ndipo makasitomala aku Boeing aku US adasowa chidziwitso chofunikira popanga ndikumaliza zisankho zawo kulipira Boeing makumi mamiliyoni a madola pa 737 MAX ndege. 

"Forkner akuti adanyalanyaza udindo wake wokhulupilira pobisa dala chidziwitso chokhudza MCAS pakuwunika kwa FAA ndikuwunika kwa 737 MAX komanso kwa makasitomala aku ndege aku Boeing aku US," atero a Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite Jr. wa Criminal department's Criminal Criminal Gawani. "Potero, adalanda ndege ndi oyendetsa ndege kuti asadziwe zambiri zofunika pa gawo lofunikira pakuwongolera ndege. Olamulira monga FAA amagwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri kuwonetsetsa kuti anthu akuuluka. Kwa aliyense amene angaganizire zopondereza wogwira ntchitoyo, chigamulochi chikuwonekeratu kuti Dipatimenti Yachilungamo idzatsatira izi ndikukuyimbani mlandu. ”     

"Pofuna kupulumutsa ndalama za Boeing, a Forkner akuti sanabise zambiri kwa oyang'anira," atero a Attorney waku US a Chad E. Meacham ku Northern District ku Texas. "Kusankha kwake mosasamala kusokoneza FAA kudasokoneza bungweli kutetezera anthu omwe akuuluka ndikuwasiya oyendetsa ndege, osadziwa zambiri za ma 737 MAX oyendetsa ndege. Dipatimenti Yachilungamo silingalolere zachinyengo - makamaka m'makampani omwe pamakhala mitengo yambiri. ”

"Forkner akuti adasunga chidziwitso chofunikira pa Boeing 737 MAX ndipo adanyenga FAA, akuwonetsa kunyalanyaza maudindo ake komanso chitetezo cha makasitomala ndi ogwira nawo ndege," atero a Director Director a Calvin Shivers a FBI. "FBI ipitilizabe kuweruza anthu ngati Forker chifukwa chazinyengo zomwe zimawononga chitetezo cha anthu."

"Palibe chowiringula kwa iwo omwe amanyenga oyang'anira zachitetezo chifukwa chofuna phindu kapena kuwalimbikitsa," anatero Inspector General Eric J. Soskin wa Unduna wa Zoyendetsa ku United States. “Ofesi yathu imagwirabe ntchito mosalekeza kuti thambo likhale lotetezeka pakuwuluka komanso kuteteza anthu oyenda ku ngozi zosafunikira. Milandu yalero ikusonyeza kudzipereka kwathu kosagwedera pogwira ntchito ndi omwe amatiteteza komanso kutipatsa milandu kuti tithandizire omwe akuika miyoyo yawo pachiwopsezo. ”

Malinga ndi zikalata zaku khothi, Boeing adayamba kupanga ndi kutsatsa 737 MAX mkati ndi mozungulira Juni 2011. FAA AEG inali ndi udindo wodziwitsa mulingo wocheperako wophunzitsira woyendetsa ndege woyenera woyendetsa ndege 737 MAX paulendo waku US, kutengera chikhalidwe ndi kukula kwa kusiyana pakati pa 737 MAX ndi mtundu wakale wa ndege ya Boeing 737, 737 Next Generation (NG). Pamapeto pa kuwunikaku, FAA AEG idasindikiza 737 MAX Flight Standardization Board Report (FSB Report), yomwe idaphatikizapo, mwazinthu zina, kutsimikiza kwamaphunziro a FAA AEG pa 737 MAX, komanso chidziwitso chokhudza kusiyana pakati pa 737 MAX ndi 737 NG. Ndege zonse zaku US zimayenera kugwiritsa ntchito zomwe zalembedwa mu 737 MAX FSB Report ngati maziko ophunzitsira oyendetsa ndege kuti aziuluka.

Monga Boeing's 737 MAX Chief technical Pilot, Forkner adatsogolera gulu la 737 MAX Flight technical Team ndipo anali ndiudindo wopatsa FAA AEG zidziwitso zowona, zolondola, komanso zowona zakusiyana pakati pa 737 MAX ndi 737 NG pakuwunika kwa FAA AEG, kukonzekera, ndi kufalitsa 737 MAX FSB Report.

Mu Novembala 2016 mozungulira, Forkner adapeza zambiri zakusintha kwakukulu ku MCAS. M'malo mongogawana zambiri zakusinthaku ndi FAA AEG, Forkner akuti mwadala sanasunge izi ndikupusitsa FAA AEG za MCAS. Chifukwa chachinyengo chake, FAA AEG idachotsa zolemba zonse za MCAS pamapeto omaliza a 737 MAX FSB Report yomwe idasindikizidwa mu Julayi 2017. Zotsatira zake, oyendetsa ndege omwe amayendetsa 737 MAX ya makasitomala aku Boeing aku US - sanapatsidwe chidziwitso chilichonse za MCAS m'mabuku awo ndi zida zophunzitsira. Forkner adatumiza malipoti a 737 MAX FSB kwa makasitomala aku Boeing aku US-737 MAX, koma sanawadziwitse zofunika izi za MCAS ndi 737 MAX FSB Report.

Pa kapena pa Okutobala 29, 2018, FAA AEG itadziwa kuti Lion Air Flight 610 - 737 MAX - idachita ngozi pafupi ndi Jakarta, Indonesia, atangonyamuka kumene komanso kuti MCAS ikugwira ntchito posachedwa ngoziyo, FAA AEG idazindikira zambiri zakusintha kofunikira kwa MCAS komwe Forkner adaletsa. Atazindikira izi, FAA AEG idayamba kuwunikanso ndikuwunika MCAS. 

Pa kapena pa Marichi 10, 2019, pomwe FAA AEG inali kuunikirabe MCAS, FAA AEG idazindikira kuti Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 - 737 MAX - idachita ngozi pafupi ndi Ejere, Ethiopia, atangonyamuka kumene ndipo MCAS idagwira ntchito m'mbuyomu ngozi. Izi zitangochitika, ndege zonse 737 MAX zidakhazikitsidwa ku United States.

Forkner akuimbidwa mlandu wambiri wachinyengo womwe umakhudza magawo a ndege pamalonda apakati komanso anayi achinyengo. Akuyembekezeka kukaonekera koyamba kubwalo lamilandu Lachisanu ku Fort Worth, Texas, pamaso pa Woweruza waku United States a Jeffrey L. Cureton aku US District Court aku Northern District ku Texas. Akapezeka wolakwa, aweruzidwa kuti akhale m'ndende zaka 20 pachilichonse chinyengo cha waya komanso zaka 10 m'ndende pamlandu uliwonse wachinyengo womwe umakhudzana ndi magawo andege zamalonda. Woweruza ku khothi lachigawo adzagamula chigamulo chilichonse ataganizira Malangizo a Chilango ku US ndi zina zalamulo.

Maofesi aku Chicago aku FBI ndi DOT-OIG akufufuza nkhaniyi, mothandizidwa ndi maofesi ena a FBI ndi DOT-OIG.

Woyimira milandu Cory E. Jacobs, Chief Assistant Assistant Michael T. O'Neill, ndi Woyimira Milandu a Scott Armstrong a Criminal Division's Fraud Section, ndi Woyimira Milandu ku United States a Alex Lewis aku US Attorney's Office ku Northern District of Texas akuzenga mlanduwu.

Kuimbidwa mlandu ndikungonena chabe, ndipo onse omwe akuimbidwa mlandu amawawona ngati osalakwa mpaka atapezeka olakwa pamakhothi.

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