Man Arrested After Entering Cockpit, Damaging Plane: Airline

Man Arrested After Entering Cockpit, Damaging Plane: Airline
An American Airlines passenger jet takes off from Miami International Airport in Miami, on June 3, 2016. Alan Diaz/AP Photo
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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A man was arrested on an American Airlines plane Tuesday after entering the cockpit, according to the airline.

The flight was still boarding when the man “entered the open flight deck and caused damage to the aircraft,” an American Airlines spokesperson told The Epoch Times in an email.

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