Friday, September 6, 2019

American Airlines mechanic named Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani sabotages jet to obtain overtime

Yeah, overtime, that's the ticket.


Flight 2834 was about to depart for Nassau, Bahamas on July 17 with 150 people on board, when an error message appeared after the engines were started up. The crew aborted takeoff and returned to the gate. The plane was taken out of service for maintenance, American Airlines said. Passengers deplaned and American provided a different aircraft for the flight. ...

The mechanic, Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani, is set to appear in court on Friday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami.