Former American Airlines Mechanic Sentenced To 3 Years For Attempting To Sabotage MIA Plane

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A former American Airlines mechanic charged with trying to destroy a plane was sentenced Wednesday to 37 months in prison.

Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani, 60, pleaded guilty to a federal charge of attempted destruction of an aircraft.

Alani super glued a foam substance onto a plane that was scheduled to depart Miami International Airport for the Bahamas.

That plane exhibited an error reading on its computer, which led to an aborted take-off.

Alani, who is originally from Iraq, is a naturalized U.S. citizen who had been an airline mechanic for 30 years.