Flight Attendant Starts Fire on Plane

(Minneapolis, Minnesota) A 19-year-old flight attendant for Northwest Airlines, Eder H. Rojas, was arrested Wednesday night for allegedly starting a fire in the bathroom of an airplane.

According to a criminal complaint, on May 7, Rojas started a fire in the restroom of a Northwest Airlines flight enroute from Minneapolis to Regina, Sask. Flight 2040 made an emergency landing in Fargo, N.D., after a flight attendant discovered the fire.

None of the 72 passengers and four crew members was injured.

Apparently, Rojas was upset about his work assignment so he protested with fire. The charge of starting a fire on an airplane carries a possible punishment of 20 years in prison.

I'm guessing that Rojas will like prison even less than the Minneapolis to Regina route.