Man Denies Disrupting Air Canada Flight
An Iranian immigrant who authorities say caused an airliner to return to Los Angeles after he threatened to “kill Americans” pleaded not guilty to interfering with a flight crew.
The federal trial for Javid Naghani, 37, was scheduled for Nov. 27 in Los Angeles.
Naghani, a legal U.S. resident with an office-cleaning business called Cleaning of America, was traveling with his wife to Toronto on Sept. 27 to visit relatives when the Air Canada crew reportedly caught him smoking in a restroom.
Authorities say he told the crew: “If you give me to the authorities, then my people will be mad” and “I am going to kill Americans.”
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