Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Flight attendant charged with setting plane on fire

Andy Simpson

 A 19 year old flight attendant working for Compass Airlines has been charged with setting at least one airplane's toilet on fire, while some believe that he may also have been responsible for another fire that broke out on a flight earlier this spring. According to an Associated Press (AP) report, Eder Rojas pleaded not guilty to starting the fires, which both occurred in the airplane's lavatory, and within only five weeks apart from each other. In each incident, Rojas was involved in putting out the fire that he is charged with having deliberately caused the second one.

U.S. Attorney Keith Reisenauer argued that it appeared as "quite the coincidence" that Rojas happened to be on two flights where fires broke out. Rojas, a resident of Woodbury, Minnesota, had his appearance in a Fargo court earlier this month for his alleged involvement in the fire on a Compass flight from Minneapolis to Saskatchewan (Canada). Although the 19 year old fight attendant was released on bail, he is required to remain under the guardianship of his father, who resides in Chicago. Originally, US prosecutors had asked the judge to keep Rojas in custody for the duration of the trial.

Prosecutors allege that Rojas used a lighter and paper towels in aircraft's lavatory to start the fire, apparently as a way to take his revenge on Compass Airlines, which forced him to fly on the Minnesota to Regina (Saskatchewan) route against his will. The carrier, which is a subsidiary of Northwest Airlines, fired Rojas immediately after the incident. If convicted during the trial-which is set to start on July 21st-Eder Rojas faces up to 20 years in prison.
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