INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
downgraded the company following Friday's statement by the Federal Aviation Administration that called Boeing's handling of the
Boeing's chief technical pilot for the 737, Mark Forkner, who told a colleague that the performance of Maneuvering Characteristics
flight-handling mechanism believed to be at the center of two MAX crashes that killed 346 people, which led to the plane's grounding since
Forkner "thought the real plane was safe." Boeing offered a more detailed explanation of the documents on Sunday, saying "we understand and
had not been able to speak to Forkner directly, but pointed to his explanation that his comments concerned a "simulator program that was not
functioning properly and was still undergoing testing." The disclosures come ahead of Boeing's earnings release scheduled for October 23
