MIAMI (AP) — A veteran airline mechanic has been sentenced to three years in prison for sabotaging an American Airlines jetliner in Miami with 150 people aboard.
The lawyer for 60-year-old Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani said at a hearing Wednesday that the mechanic's sole motive in July was to earn overtime fixing the plane.
Lawyer Jonathan Meltz says Alani never intended to put anyone in danger.
In addition, U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke said she saw no evidence to support previous allegations that Alani was linked to the Islamic State extremist group.
Alani apologized for his actions in a letter to the judge.
