U.S. Fighter Jets Chase Plane From Canada to Missouri

By: CNN | News Channel 7
Published: April 07, 2009

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More details are shedding light on the pilot of the plane that was stolen in
Canada yesterday.
Authorities say suicide might have been his goal.
The pilot, 31-year-old Adam Leon, was arrested after landing in Missouri Monday
night.
Leon flew the single-engine Cessna erratically across three U.S. states before
finally landing.
He ignored fighter planes sent to urge him to land.
The Missouri state trooper who arrested Leon said on ABC's "Good Morning
America" that the pilot told him he had wanted to be shot down.

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