Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"We will appeal today's ruling. Disallowing the taking of testimony in the United States from indicted defendants would amount to an end run around the protections of our extradition treaty and offend the concept of fair play."

Source: Attorney Joel R. Weiss, who is representing American pilots Joseph Lepore and Jan Paladino against Brazilian manslaughter-related charges stemming from the September 2006 midair collision between the Embraer bizjet the two men were flying, and a Gol Airlines 737. On Friday a Brazilian judge denied the pilots' request to testify in their case in that country from US soil, citing an international legal treaty.

FMI: www.brasilemb.org