Ex-pilot called himself messiah on climate-change mission, day before alleged hijack
A 39-year-old man with the same name has now been charged with hijacking, constituting terrorism, over the incident on Tuesday that saw Norad scramble F-15 fighter jets before the light plane safely landed.
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