Thursday, September 19, 2019

No bond for AA employee who sabotaged a plane

From Fox News:
Prosecutors said Alani glued styrofoam inside the nose of the aircraft that disabled a part used to gauge airspeed and other critical flight data. Pilots detected the issue before takeoff, and a subsequent inspection discovered the problem.

Airport surveillance captured Alani, who walks with a limp, working on the plane's nose for about seven minutes. He was identified by co-workers.

After his arrest earlier this month, he told agents he acted “out of my evil side” and “wanted to do something to delay” the plane “to get overtime” for maintenance repairs, Assistant U.S. Attorney Maria Medetis told the judge Wednesday.

While Alani is not yet charged with a terror-related crime, Medetis said the potential links to the Islamic State give rise to the possibility that his actions had a darker purpose beyond what he insisted was a labor issue.

The judge ultimately denied Alani bail.
Whenever I hear the word “sabotage,” I think of this.

2 comments:

Rumpole said...

Now about Sean Connery as captain Marko Rameis in The Hunt for Red October ? “Sabotage? Who said anything about sabotage?”

Anonymous said...

You guys suck:

https://youtu.be/z5rRZdiu1UE