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“U.S. fighter jets tracking stolen plane from Thunder Bay, Ont.”
BY DAVID WYLIE, CANWEST NEWS SERVICEAPRIL 6, 2009 10:19 PM
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SNIPPET: “A small plane stolen from a northern Ontario airport was being tracked Monday night by U.S. fighter jets.
The Cessna 172 was stolen from Thunder Bay International Airport Monday at about 3 p.m. ET. It’s unclear why the pilot stole the plane.”
2 F-16s for a Cessna? Overkill?
A federal law enforcement official told CNN the pilot is a naturalized Canadian citizen, but declined to give his name or country of origin. The source said the pilot was a flight school student for a “brief” period and only clocked a few hours of flight time.
Canadian officials have received some information that the pilot is “not a happy individual,” the official said.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/06/stolen.plane/index.html
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/04/06/stolen.plane/
updated 1 minute ago
“Authorities: Pilot of stolen plane captured after going on the run”
WASHINGTON (CNN) —
SNIPPET: “Federal, state and local authorities launched a manhunt for the pilot, who was identified by the FBI as Yavuz Burke, 31, a native of Turkey who became a Canadian citizen last year. He was formerly known as Adam Leon, though officials did not indicate a reason for the name change.”
Some details:
“U.S. troopers arrest pilot of stolen plane from Thunder Bay, Ont.”
BY DAVID WYLIE, CANWEST NEWS SERVICEAPRIL 6, 2009 10:49 PM
SNIPPET: “The plane was taken from the Confederation College Aviation Centre, which is located at the Thunder Bay airport, Judi Maundrell, the college’s vice-president of academics and student services told radio station CKPR.
“Apparently somebody jumped over the fence and just jumped into an aircraft,” she said.
“It was sitting as usual parked on the ramp. They keys are in all the aircrafts because students are using them.”
According to Cessna’s website the 172 Skyhawk has a maximum cruise speed of 233 kilometres per hour and a range of about 1,130 kilometres.”