The plane is still taxiing! 22-year-old man uses lighter to burn seat screen, charged with endangering flight safety

A 22-year-old man used a lighter to burn the seat screen and was charged by the Taoyuan District Prosecutor's Office for endangering flight safety. (File photo)

A 22-year-old man surnamed He took an EVA Air flight back to Taiwan from Cambodia in May this year. When the flight was taxiing at the airport, he inexplicably burned the LCD screen in his seat with a lighter. Passengers nearby noticed the incident and immediately notified flight attendants and called the police. The Taoyuan District Prosecutor's Office recently charged him with endangering flight safety and other crimes under the criminal law.

He took a flight from Phnom Penh Airport, Cambodia, at 1:40 pm on May 14 this year. When he arrived at Taoyuan International Airport at around 5 pm, the flight was landing and taxiing. He suddenly burned the LCD screen in the seat with a lighter, causing the screen to be damaged and unusable. Passengers nearby noticed that and immediately notified the flight attendant to check. The aviation police were informed and took He back for questioning and transferred him to Taoyuan for follow-up investigation.

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He Nan confessed in both the police call and the investigation, which was consistent with the allegations of passengers and flight attendants, and there were photos of the scene, seized items and other evidence. The prosecutors believed that He Nan was involved in the crime of endangering flight safety under the Civil Aviation Law, endangering flight safety under the Criminal Law, and damage. He was recently prosecuted. Because He Nan committed the above-mentioned crimes at the same time in one act, he was an imaginary co-offender, and asked the court to punish him from the first crime of endangering flight safety under the Criminal Law in accordance with regulations.

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