By David Shepardson
By David Shepardson
Dec 18 (Reuters) – A former American Airways AAL.O mechanic pleaded responsible on Wednesday to a cost of tried destruction of an plane that was scheduled to depart from Miami with 150 folks on board.
Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani, 60, of Tracy, California, admitted that on July 17 he tampered with the air information module (ADM) system of an plane at Miami Worldwide Airport that was scheduled to depart for Nassau, Bahamas, the U.S. legal professional’s workplace in Miami mentioned.
Alani faces as much as 20 years in jail. A lawyer for Alani, who stays behind bars, didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
He’s scheduled to be sentenced in March by U.S. District Choose Marcia G. Cooke.
On the day of the flight, whereas primary for taking the departure runway, the flight crew elevated energy to the engines in preparation for take-off, which resulted in an error studying by the plane’s pc and the…