• Man accused of trying to steal plane at Melbourne airport will be deported
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https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/06/us/orlando-melbourne-airport-attempted-plane-thief-deported/index.html Nishal Sankat, 22, pleaded guilty Monday to burglary to a conveyance after he boarded an American Airlines Airbus A321 two weeks ago and was stopped by maintenance workers, prompting a five-hour security lockdown at the airport. Sankat was sentenced to time served for the 12 days he spent in custody since his arrest, the attorney's office said. He was also ordered to pay $909.45 -- the cost of the investigation conducted by the airport's police. Local and federal authorities found that Sankat "acted alone and was suffering from depression and mental health issues" when he boarded the plane, the Florida State Attorney's Office said in a statement. He was unarmed and carried no explosives at the time of the incident, authorities said. Sankat's visa to be in the US had expired, but he later returned legally with his Canadian passport, Melbourne Police Chief David Gillespie said at the time of the incident. He will also be placed on the United States' no-fly list and "his status as a convicted felon ensures he can never return to the United States," the attorney's office said.
Orlando Melbourne That ain't Melbourne.
didn't want the headline to cut off so something had to go so goodbye orlando
Well, he wanted to fly... I wonder if it was a copycat of that guy who stole a plane and appeared to intend to kill himself recently.
My thoughts exactly, dude most likely wouldn't have been able to start the plane up in this case though.
This is mell-born. You guys have melbun
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