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Helicopter pilot face three year jail

USA -A month after Sept. 11 pointed voluntarily against a control tower

An helicopter pilot has been jailed for three years because he has deliberately flew his helicopter at an air traffic control tower just a month after the September 11 terrorist attacks. He then "buzzed" the control tower, at times pulling up just 30ft away and forcing incoming flights to be diverted. The federal Court recognized that Shaun Lees had no intention to hurt anyone, but the punishment...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 26454
Rome, Italy, 04/15/2002 13:28
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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