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Newark: Passenger Deploys Emergency Exit Chute, Says He Got On Wrong Plane
A passenger who said he'd boarded the wrong plane at Newark Airport opened an emergency door and deployed an exit slide, said police who arrested him Sunday night. United Airlines Flight 1640 flight bound for Tampa was still at the Terminal C gate when 25-year-old Troy Fattun of Minnesota became disorderly around 10 p.m., the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. The incident held up the flight for nearly five hours, with passengers having to get off and then later reboard, he said. Charges were pending, Pentangelo said.
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Man Who Groped Girl On Newark Flight Gets 90 Days In Fed Pen
An Indian national who admitted that he groped a teenage girl on a flight to Newark from Seattle was sentenced Friday to 90 days in federal prison. Vijaykumar Krishnappa, 29, got the maximum Friday after pleading guilty in early November to assault in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States in exchange for a sentence of 30 to 90 days. Krishnappa didn't know the girl, 16, who was seated next to him on the United Airlines flight from Seattle to Newark this past July 23, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. He admitted that while the victim was asleep, he "intentionally to…