who was able to take him down. here s victor oquendo. reporter: the student pilot charged after allegedly trying to steal an airplane, appearing before a judge today, wearing an anti-suicide smock, with hands and feet shackled. do you work? no, i m a student. reporter: fbi agents investigating the case say 22-year-old nishal sankat was allegedly trying to steal this american airlines plane, and the results could have been disastrous. he advised us that he intended to harm himself and in that process had no regard for the potentiality of harming others in the process. reporter: authorities say sankat, who has a commercial pilot s license, left his car running outside the orlando-melbourne international airport around 1:30 a.m. thursday. jumped a barbed wire fence and made his way onto the empty airbus 321, in for service. that s where he encountered this maintenance worker. i knew right away. i mean, we are trained. no badge right off the bat. looked down, no shoe on tha
cars. he says chinese cars coming to the u.s. are taxed at 2.5%. u.s. car imports to china are taxed 25%. now china slashed that to 15% in july. as an opening gambut to the negotiations. u.s. cars are taxed higher. that is why the u.s. exports few cars to china. ford and gm builds cars there. a 22-year-old student pilot faces criminal charges for allegedly hopping a security fence at orlando international airport and boarding a passenger yet. the suspect kiran sancat. he is a student at the florida student of technology at melbourne. he was held down by a maintenance worker. sancat will be charged with trespassing and attempted theft of the aircraft. investigators do not know his motive. sancat was not armed.
[rapid gunfire] ainsley: unidentified man shooting at police and the fbi with ak 47. during an investigation near miami international airport. no police officers, thank goodness, were hurt. it s unclear why the man was under investigation. the fbi s terrorism task force investigating after a student pilot is charged with trying to steal a plane. nigel accused of hopping a fence and sneaking into an empty passenger jet orlando. forced tackle him and take him off the plane. right now the motive is unknown. originalfully trinidad reality tv star says he has a hot lead on the pennsylvania man has been on the man since june after writing a facebook post about shooting president trump. investigators think that he
jackie: the student pilot charged with trying to steal a plane from a florida airport. he is accused of sneaking onto an empty passenger jet in orlando. they are tackling the 22-year-old, he broke free running onto the tarmac before being arrested. authorities trying to figure out his motive, this happening more than a month after baggage handlers stole plane from seattle crashing it into his death. pete: and air pressure mixup causes 30 passengers to start bleeding on a flight. the jetway airways flight forced to make emergency landing in mumbai when passenger started experiencing ear pain and nosebleeds. the airline says the crew forgot to turn on the air pressure switch, a minor oversight. 5 passenger suffered mild deafness. they will take more than a week to recover. the story, firefighters play a
the joint terrorism task force is now investigating tonight, and authorities talking just moments ago about this. here s abc s victor oquendo from florida. reporter: tonight, new questions about security at our nation s airports after a student pilot allegedly hopped a barbed wire fence and boarded this american airlines plane in the middle of the night. 22-year-old nishal sankat faces several charges, including centimeter attempt to steal an a airplane. within two minutes of creating a problem, we stopped this guy from getting in the air. reporter: authorities say sankat, who had a commercial pilot s license, drove to the curb outside the orlando melbourne international airport around 1:30 a.m., left the car running, and soon after, was on the empty airbus-321 that was undergoing maintenance. airport reps say two technicians tackled him, tried holding him down, but he broke free and took off running on the tarmac, before being arrested. after checking for explosives, but finding