A teenager was arrested in Alaska after having difficulties with the pilot of an aircraft and nearly caused a disaster

A 16-year-old boy was arrested in Alaska after take control of a small plane that covers a road located in the west of the region and cause almost a tragedy, the agency reported on Monday AP.

The event occurred at the end of January, when an airplane Piper Chrekoee Six from Jute Community Drive (YCS) He took off from the city of Napakiak bound for Bethel, both located in western Alaska.

Shortly after the start of the flight, the teenager struggled with the pilot and took control of the aircraft. forced to "enter a steep climb and a dive on the ground", according to the state police.

According to the reconstruction, a pbadenger who was sitting dragged the young man back and then the commander regained control, avoiding a tragedy.

Immediately, the Piper Cherokee Six returned to Napakiak, but the teenager escaped as soon as they opened the aircraft gates. He was arrested the next day at Bethel without his motives being known to date.

Flight from Napakiak to Bethel It covers a minimum distance of about 12 kilometers and lasts only about four minutes.. The area is extremely cold and no roads connect the two villages of the Kuskokwim River Delta.

YCS provides airlift service with several aircraft, among which the Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six of a single propeller that is generally used as a private means of transportation or air taxi. It entered service in 1965 and can accommodate five pbadengers, including a trip to the cabin next to the driver. This was the seat occupied by the teenager.

Its maximum speed is 280 km / h with a range of 1,352 km and a flight ceiling of 4,500 meters.

S & # 39; ing in the acts of the crew of an airplane is a federal crime in the United States, thus the FBI has already intervened, in addition to the local security forces and juvenile justice, said the regional newspaper Kyuk-am