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Florida Airline Mechanic Charged With Sabotaging Plane That Had 150 People On Board

Hank Berrien
Florida Airline Mechanic Charged With Sabotaging Plane That Had 150 People On Board
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On Thursday, an American Airlines mechanic was arrested on a charge of sabotage after it was discovered he had allegedly purposely disabled a navigation system on a flight with 150 people in July.

The Miami Herald reports that Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani, 60, is accused of manipulating the air data module on a plane due to take off from Miami International Airport. The complaint affidavit stated:

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