Author: meatnubmeatnub
Date: May 20, 2008 06:50
On May 15, 10:49 pm, "Coffee, Tea or Flames"
wrote:
> Angry flight attendant charged with setting fire on plane
>
> FARGO, North Dakota (AP) -- A flight attendant angry about his work
> route smuggled a lighter aboard an airplane and set a fire in a
> bathroom, forcing an emergency landing, authorities said Thursday.
>
> The Compass Airlines flight carrying 72 passengers and four crew
> members landed safely in Fargo on May 7 after smoke filled the back.
> No injuries were reported. The plane was flying from Minneapolis to
> Regina, Saskatchewan, authorities said.
>
> Eder Rojas, 19, appeared in court Thursday, following his arrest a day
> earlier in Minneapolis, and was ordered held without bail, prosecutors
> said. The charge of setting fire aboard a civil aircraft carries a
> maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
>
> His public defender did not return a phone call seeking comment.
> Assistant U.S. Attorney Lynn Jordheim, who is prosecuting the case in ...
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