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Is it true: Boeing 737 MAX MCAS cover-up (Lion Air JT610 + Ethiopian ET302)?

Confirmed5% confidence

Yes — this is confirmed.

House Transportation Committee investigation, Forkner "jedi mind tricks" texts, $2.5B DOJ DPA (January 2021) admitting factual findings, and 346 deaths across two crashes confirm deliberate concealment of MCAS single-AOA dependency from FAA and airlines. Forkner acquitted individually (March 2022). DPA breach finding May 2024 after Alaska 1282 door-plug blowout.

The claim

Boeing's 737 MAX was involved in two fatal crashes: Lion Air Flight JT610 (29 October 2018, 189 killed) and Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302 (10 March 2019, 157 killed), totalling 346 deaths. Investiga

Key evidence

Forkner "jedi mind tricks" texts — concealment of MCAS

Forkner acquittal — Texas jury, March 2022

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