Kip Powick Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica – A man who took a CanJet flight crew hostage last week at Montego Bay's airport and demanded to be flown off the island has been charged with robbery and shooting with intent. Stephen Fray, a 21-year-old Jamaican described as emotionally unstable, will appear in court next week to face a total of six charges, according to a police statement issued late yesterday. Authorities say that Fray, armed with a handgun, pushed his way through airport security on April 19 and entered a CanJet Airlines plane with 167 people on board. He allegedly fired his weapon once and took cash from the passengers before freeing them. After an eight-hour standoff, he was captured in a military raid that freed the six remaining hostages without injury. The charges include illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition for use of a handgun that police say was licensed to Fray's father. He was also charged with assault and breaches of civil aviation regulations. Jamaican prime minister Bruce Golding has ordered an investigation into the security breach at Sangster International Airport, one of two primary airports in the Caribbean nation that depends heavily on tourism. The private security guards at checkpoints were not armed and followed procedures by keeping visual contact with the intruder until Jamaican police responded, according to a preliminary investigation by MBJ Airports Ltd., the airport's operating company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canus Chinookus Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 If he wants off the island so bad, how about a vacation in Gitmo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyBlazer Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Cmon Canus - Gitmo is closing down and considered inhumane.... clearly the right thing to do for this sun loving man is give him a Canadian based vacation like a long term stay on Ellesmere Island. SB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canus Chinookus Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 That sounds far more reasonable and humane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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