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Mark Forkner, 50, was accused of lying to federal investigators about a faulty flight control system. But a jury took less than two hours to acquit him on all four counts of wire fraud.
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 involving 737 Max jets. A jury in federal district court in Fort Worth deliberated less than two hours before finding Mark Forkner not guilty on four…
Defense lawyers said Forkner was a scapegoat for Boeing and FAA officials who sought to avoid blame after 737 Max crashes killed 346 people.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A former Boeing Co. test pilot was acquitted Wednesday on...
Boeing's (BA) former chief technical pilot for 737 MAX has been acquitted by a federal jury in Texas of charges that he tried to deceived the Federal Aviation Administration about...