• An American Airlines plane takes off from Philadelphia International Airport in May. An American Airlines mechanic allegedly tampered with an aircraft over stalled union negotiations that he said harmed him financially. U.S. prosecutors have charged Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani with interfering with part of an aircraft flight data system, causing the grounding of a July flight from Miami to the Bahamas. | AFP-JIJI
    An American Airlines plane takes off from Philadelphia International Airport in May. An American Airlines mechanic allegedly tampered with an aircraft over stalled union negotiations that he said harmed him financially. U.S. prosecutors have charged Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani with interfering with part of an aircraft flight data system, causing the grounding of a July flight from Miami to the Bahamas. | AFP-JIJI

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WASHINGTON – An American Airlines mechanic charged with purposely damaging an aircraft in July during a dispute between the airline and its mechanics union involving stalled contract negotiations will remain behind bars until at least Sept. 20, according to a court filing on Thursday.

The Federal Aviation Administration also disclosed Thursday that it had issued an emergency order earlier this week revoking Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani’s mechanic certificate with immediate effect.

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