Mississippi jury acquits engineer accused of lying about 2017 military plane crash

A jury has acquitted a former engineer overseeing military aircraft maintenance of charges of making false statements and obstructing justice during the criminal investigation of a 2017 military plane crash in Mississippi that killed all 16 service members aboard. James Michael Fisher was found not guilty Thursday after an eight-day trial in federal court in Greenville, Mississippi. Fisher had been the lead propulsion engineer at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex in Warner Robins, Georgia, in 2011.