Tag: AIRPLANES
Teen pleads guilty to trying to stealing plane so he could attend concert
TEXARKANA, Ark. — A 19-year-old Arkansas man has pleaded guilty to trying to steal a commercial plane so he could fly to Chicago to attend a rap concert.
The Texarkana Gazette reports that Zemarcuis Scott of Texarkana pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted theft of property and commercial burglary, and was sentenced to five years of probation.
Authorities have said Scott was found July 4 inside the cockpit of an American Eagle jet at Texarkana Regional Airport and that he had hoped to fly to an out-of-state concert.
He has no training as a pilot. Police have said he told investigators he thought piloting the plane would involve little more than pushing buttons and pulling levers.
In December, he was found mentally competent to stand trial.
Authorities say the 44-seat jet wasn’t damaged.
via: https://nypost.com/2019/01/29/teen-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-plane-so-he-could-attend-concert/
American Airlines flight attendant accused of whacking mom with stroller
A woman was thrown off a plane Friday night — after a flight attendant allegedly whacked her with her baby’s stroller.
The American Airlines plane was at the gate in San Francisco’s airport when the encounter took place. The woman is seen on the video crying afterward.
Fellow passenger, Surain Adyanthaya, posted it online with the caption:
“OMG. Flight attendant violently took a stroller from a lady with a baby on my flight, hitting her and just missing the baby. Then he tried to fight a passenger who stood up for her.’’
“Then he tried to fight a passenger who stood up for her.’’
An airline employee boards and talk to the man who stood up for her. Her defender says, “you do that to me and I’ll knock you flat. You almost hurt a baby.’’ The employee replies, “stay out of it.’’
The woman and her kids are escorted off the plane, but the flight attendant is allowed to board.
American issued a press release saying, “What we see on this video does not reflect our values or how we care for our customers.’’
The airline upgraded the woman to first class and put her on another flight. It added the employee was “removed from duty.’’
This incident followed a similar confrontation Apr. 9 on a United Airlines plane in Chicago, when airline employes physically manhandled a doctor off the plane after he refused to give up his seat. He was left bloody with several injuries.