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Flight Attendant Accused of Setting Fire on Airplane
ABC News/Associated Press ^ | May 15, 2008 | DAVE KOLPACK

Posted on 05/15/2008 11:51:45 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

A flight attendant angry about his work route set a fire in an airplane bathroom, forcing an emergency landing, authorities said.

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 ordered held without bail, prosecutors said. The charge of setting fire aboard a civil aircraft carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

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KEYWORDS: airlines; airplane; compassairlines; ederrojas; flight2040; minneapolis; northwestairlines; regina; rojas; saskatchewan; thecompassairlines; twincities; woodbury
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To: Berlin_Freeper
The suspect.

"Ma'am, I answered your question. I answered the darned... I'm cooperatin' here!"


21 posted on 05/16/2008 5:05:41 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Berlin_Freeper

maximum of 20 years? sounds more like a minimum to me.


22 posted on 05/16/2008 5:17:39 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Just because you're running for President doesn't mean that you are the center of the universe")
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To: fanfan

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016095/posts?page=1259#1259

Absolutely...very good news.
Prayer is powerful.


23 posted on 05/16/2008 1:12:00 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

As well as good thoughtfullness.

:-)


24 posted on 05/16/2008 3:10:01 PM PDT by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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