Tennis Fool
Jul 4th, 2012, 02:45 AM
Nice to fly the crazy skies! :unsure:
JetBlue pilot found not guilty by reason of insanity
Clayton Osbon was charged with interfering with a flight crew after the March 27 flight from Las Vegas to New York
Associated Press
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A JetBlue pilot who left the cockpit during a flight and screamed about terrorists has been found not guilty by reason of insanity. Photograph: Steve Douglas/AP
A federal judge in Texas has found a JetBlue Airways pilot, who left the cockpit during a flight and screamed about terrorists, not guilty by reason of insanity.
The judge's ruling came during a bench trial for Clayton Osbon. It noted he suffered from a "severe mental disease or defect." Osbon was earlier deemed mentally competent to stand trial.
The pilot will go to a federal mental health facility for examination until another hearing on or before August 6. The judge will decide then whether Osbon can be released or committed to a mental facility.
Osbon was charged with interfering with a flight crew after the March 27 flight from Las Vegas to New York. Passengers wrestled him to the floor after he ran through the plane's cabin.
JetBlue pilot found not guilty by reason of insanity
Clayton Osbon was charged with interfering with a flight crew after the March 27 flight from Las Vegas to New York
Associated Press
guardian.co.uk (http://www.guardian.co.uk/), Tuesday 3 July 2012 18.45 EDThttp://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/7/3/1341355287868/JetBlue-captain-008.jpg
A JetBlue pilot who left the cockpit during a flight and screamed about terrorists has been found not guilty by reason of insanity. Photograph: Steve Douglas/AP
A federal judge in Texas has found a JetBlue Airways pilot, who left the cockpit during a flight and screamed about terrorists, not guilty by reason of insanity.
The judge's ruling came during a bench trial for Clayton Osbon. It noted he suffered from a "severe mental disease or defect." Osbon was earlier deemed mentally competent to stand trial.
The pilot will go to a federal mental health facility for examination until another hearing on or before August 6. The judge will decide then whether Osbon can be released or committed to a mental facility.
Osbon was charged with interfering with a flight crew after the March 27 flight from Las Vegas to New York. Passengers wrestled him to the floor after he ran through the plane's cabin.