Eder Rojas got fired up, then fired

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FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- A flight attendant angry about his work route set a fire in an airplane bathroom, forcing an emergency landing, authorities said.


The Compass Airlines flight carrying 72 passengers and four crew members landed safely in Fargo on May 7 after smoke filled the back.


No injuries were reported. The plane was flying from Minneapolis to Regina, Saskatchewan, authorities said.


Eder Rojas, 19, appeared in court Thursday, following his arrest a day earlier in Minneapolis, and ordered held without bail, prosecutors said. The charge of setting fire aboard a civil aircraft carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

Court documents said Rojas, of the Twin Cities suburb of Woodbury, told authorities he was upset at the airline for making him work the route.


"Rojas further stated that he was preparing his cart to serve the passengers, he set the cart up, went back to the lavatory and reached in with his right hand and lit the paper towels with the lighter," court documents said.

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Wow look at all the lives that were put into grave danger by this act of selfishness and stupidity