Prosecutors accused Forkner of misleading FAA regulators about the amount of training pilots would need to fly the 737 Max.
A former Boeing Co. test pilot was acquitted Wednesday on felony charges of deceiving federal regulators about a key flight-control system that played a role in two deadly crashes involvingA 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 of misleading Federal Aviation Administration regulators about the amount of training pilots would need to fly the Max.
Defense lawyers said Boeing engineers did not tell Forkner about changes to the flight software, known by its acronym, MCAS. They told jurors that Forkner was a scapegoat for Boeing and FAA officials who sought to avoid blame after Max crashes in
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