Jack Kemp forwards this:

Police: Foreign student pilot had to be dragged from aircraft in criminal attempt to steal a plane


A foreign student pilot was arrested in Florida on Thursday, after allegedly climbing over a barbed-wire-topped fence and boarding a commercial aircraft at Orlando Melbourne International Airport. The 22-year-old has been charged with criminal attempt to steal a plane.
What are the details?

Authorities say that around 2 a.m., part-time aviation management student Nishal Sankat (JACK's NOTE: What? I thought maybe the name would have been Sean O'Leary or Knute Knuteson or Meyer Goldberg - NOT) parked his vehicle outside the airport and left it running while he scrambled over the fence near a hangar. He then climbed aboard an American Airlines plane that was undergoing maintenance.

Airport spokesperson Lori Booker told the media that an avionics technician was in the planeâ€â„¢s galley at the time, and saw Sankatâ€â„¢s shadow when the suspect boarded the plane.

â€Å“He turned around and said, â€ËœWho are you? Show me your badge,â€Â Booker reported. She said the employee then told Sankat, â€Å“Get on the ground, mister. Youâ€â„¢re in trouble.â€Â

The technician then grabbed Sankat and hauled him off the plane with the help of another tech. While one of them held the suspect down, another called the police.


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