The jury acquitted Mark Forkner on Wednesday on four counts of wire fraud after ex-pilot was accused of deceiving FAA about Boeing 737 Max jetliner.
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Defense lawyers said Boeing engineers did not tell Forkner about changes to the flight software, known by its acronym, MCAS. The lawyers said Forkner was a scapegoat for Boeing and FAA officials who sought to avoid blame after the Max crashes, which killed 346 people."We are very grateful that this jury and judge were so smart, so fair, so independent, that they saw through it," defense attorney David Gerger said after the verdict.
Testimony in the trial lasted less than three days, after jury selection and opening statements by lawyers Friday evening. Forkner did not testify. Judge Reed O'Connor had instructed the jurors not to consider his silence as a sign of guilt or innocence. The defense called only one witness, a current Boeing pilot, who testified for about one hour.
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