Engineer charged, accused of lying about military plane crash that killed 16
ITTA BENA, Miss. (WMC) - An engineer is now facing charges after military plane crash killed 16 people when it went down near Itta Bena, Mississippi, in 2017.
The Marine Corps Reserve plane was en route to California before it crashed into Mississippi farmland, killing 15 Marines and a U.S. Navy sailor
Military investigators concluded that mistakes made in 2011 caused the crash.
Military investigators say a blade on the left inboard propeller of the KC-130 flew off and sliced through the fuselage.
Former Warner Robbins employee, 67-year-old James Fisher, was arrested nearly seven years later. He is charged with making false statements and obstructing justice during a federal criminal investigation.
Investigators say Fisher “engaged in a pattern of conduct intended to avoid scrutiny for his past engineering decisions related to why the crash may have occurred.”
If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison.
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