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Criminal

Mar. 20, 2002

Iranian Man Gets Prison for Disrupting Flight

LOS ANGELES - Discounting arguments that such actions would have raised little concern before last year's terrorist attacks, a federal judge Monday sentenced an Iranian immigrant to 33 months in prison for disrupting an Air Canada flight and causing the pilot to make an emergency landing.

By Susan McRae
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        LOS ANGELES - Discounting arguments that such actions would have raised little concern before last year's terrorist attacks, a federal judge Monday sentenced an Iranian immigrant to 33 months in prison for disrupting an Air Canada flight and causing the pilot to make an emergency landing.
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