American Airlines mechanic pleads guilty to sabotaging plane at Miami International

[Elderberry]

American Military News by  Jay Weaver 12/21/2019

An American Airlines mechanic accused of sabotaging a navigation system on a Miami flight with 150 passengers aboard pleaded guilty Wednesday to attempting to destroy the aircraft in a plea agreement designed to avoid a maximum sentence up to 20 years in prison.

“I do admit the guilt,” Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani, 60, said through an Arabic interpreter in Miami federal court.

Alani, a veteran AA employee who had lived in California and commuted to his job at Miami International Airport, now faces up to three years in prison under a joint recommendation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office and his defense lawyer. His sentencing is set for March 4.

At his detention hearing in September after his arrest, federal prosecutors suggested that Alani may have possible links to a Middle East terrorist group, but that allegation never came up at his plea hearing before U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke.

More: https://americanmilitarynews.com/2019/12/american-airlines-mechanic-pleads-guilty-to-sabotaging-plane-at-miami-international/

[ChemEngrMBA]

Three years?! 
He should be shot for trying to murder hundreds of innocent Americans.

[bigheadfred]

Three years?! 
He should be shot for trying to murder hundreds of innocent Americans.

 

[EdinVA]

So, if you "think" about bribery but never do it, you are still guilty, BUT, if you attempt to murder 150 people and get caught and stopped, your not guilty?????
I don't understand...

[goatprairie]

He's a naturalized American citizen, and he needed and Arabic interpreter in court? Who hired him and why? 
How many more of these louses are working at airports in key jobs?

[PeteS in CA]

Earlier thread on this topic.

[PeteS in CA]

He's a naturalized American citizen, and he needed and Arabic interpreter in court? Who hired him and why? 
How many more of these louses are working at airports in key jobs?

In criminal proceedings, use of an interpreter for people whose second language is English is normal practice. It ensures accuracy/precision and precludes, "I don't understand English very well," appeals. This seems like common sense to me, but I work around a lot of people for whom English is their second (or third, or ...) language, and English was my Grandmother's second or third language.

[Elderberry]

Earlier thread on this topic.

Yep>3months ago.

[Sighlass]

Good grief, 3 years.... the courts gave a fellow that took down a LGBT flag (and burned it) in front of a Cali church the other day 16 years... 16 freaking years for offending homosexuals (I got bleeped for my first term) yet plot to kill a plane full of folks and you get 3 years.

[PeteS in CA]

Good grief, 3 years.... the courts gave a fellow that took down a LGBT flag (and burned it) in front of a Cali church the other day 16 years... 16 freaking years for offending homosexuals (I got bleeped for my first term) yet plot to kill a plane full of folks and you get 3 years.

If you are referring to this, http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,386298.0.html , it was in Iowa.

[sneakypete]

This Arab is 60 years old,doesn't speak English,and was STILL hired to be a mechanic for a major airline???????????

WHO is responsible for hiring him,and why aren't they locked up as an accomplice?

Or are any of you going to try to tell me no English-Speaking Americans wanted that highly-paid job?

[sneakypete]

Three years?! 
He should be shot for trying to murder hundreds of innocent Americans.

@DeerSlayer

No kidding. This was nothing less than "Attempted Mass Murder/Terrorist Act". People get more time than that for drunk driving.

[sneakypete]

He's a naturalized American citizen, and he needed and Arabic interpreter in court? Who hired him and why? 
How many more of these louses are working at airports in key jobs?

@goatprairie

AND.....,are the people responsible for hiring them connected in any way?

[sneakypete]

Good grief, 3 years.... the courts gave a fellow that took down a LGBT flag (and burned it) in front of a Cali church the other day 16 years... 16 freaking years for offending homosexuals (I got bleeped for my first term) yet plot to kill a plane full of folks and you get 3 years.

@Sighlass

I'm going to guess the flag burner is a Caucasian.

[PeteS in CA]

This Arab is 60 years old,doesn't speak English,and was STILL hired to be a mechanic for a major airline???????????
...

As I posted above, using an interpreter in criminal court proceedings does not mean the guy cannot speak English.

[sneakypete]

As I posted above, using an interpreter in criminal court proceedings does not mean the guy cannot speak English.

@PeteS in CA

Thanks. I didn't see that before my post,and from the way the story was reported,it seemed like he didn't speak English,

[Sighlass]

@Sighlass

I'm going to guess the flag burner is a Caucasian.

He looked it but had a Spanish name...

https://www.dailywire.com/news/iowa-man-gets-16-years-in-prison-for-burning-a-rainbow-pride-flag