article_snippet: The defendant, a former avionics instrument system specialist in the Air Force, flew from Egypt to Turkey on January 10, weeks after being fired from a Middle East-based job as an airplane mechanic, U.S. authorities allege.
article_snippet: the indictment said the indictment took a job as a mechanic with American Airlines in or about 2001.
article_snippet: American Airlines has not responded to a request for comment.