Homeless man crashes stolen plane
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US Police in Maryland say a homeless man tried to leave town in a stolen plane but crashed the single-engine aircraft on a municipal airport runway before he ever left the ground.
Fifty-one-year-old Calvin Cox remained in custody on Monday after a District Court Commissioner set his bail at $US10,000 (NZ$13,894) on felony charges including theft, burglary and trespassing. He did not have a lawyer with him.
Lieutenant Clark Pennington says a Frederick County Sheriff's Office canine team found Cox unhurt in the woods near the airport after an airport worker reported the crash of the Piper Super Cub about 2.15am Monday.
Pennington says Cox is familiar with airplanes but not proficient in their operation.
He says the plane owned by the Mid-Atlantic Soaring Association had fuselage and propeller damage.
- AP
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