Compass F.A. Sets Fire Aboard Aircraft

The Associated Press reported that a 19-year-old Compass flight attendant forced an emergency landing when he set fire to a lavatory because he was angry to be working the route assigned to him. The flight attendant, Eder Rojas was arrested in Minneapolis after the May 7 flight, en route from Minneapolis to Regina Saskatchewan, landed safely with no injuries to the 72 passenger and four crew on board. AP reported court documents said Rojas smuggled a lighter on board to set a fire inside a paper towel compartment. After an indicator light for the smoke detector illuminated about 35 minutes into the flight, the pilot asked the bathroom be checked. Rojas, another flight attendant and a passenger put the fire out. Investigators later found the lighter in an overhead bin, according to AP.