Mon, Dec 05, 2005
Owner Last Saw Plane In August
Be on the lookout at
your local airport for a 2002 Cessna T182 (file photo of type,
right), registration N184TA, that was stolen from its hangar last
month at California's El Monte Airport (EMT). The plane's exterior
is white, with red and gray stripes.
According to media reports, the theft was discovered when the
plane's owner, Vincent McLeod III went to the airport to get in
some pre-Thanksgiving air time. He found the hangar empty -- even
the maintenance records were gone, said McLeod -- but the two locks
on the hangar door didn't appear to be broken.
This is the second time in two years a plane has been taken from
the airport, located east of the Los Angeles basin, according to a
police detective -- an alarming statistic for pilots, although
plane theft was referred to as a "rarity" by the detective.
The theft was reported to the LA County Terrorism Early Warning
Group, according to El Monte police.
"You just wonder about security at the airport," said McLeod. "I
think they should lock the airport better."
Airport manager Rafael Herrera said county police told him they
would begin extra patrols of the airport, and claimed the
county replaced their locks on the hangars about two months ago --
despite McLeod's claim the hangar's former tenants told him former
airport workers still had keys to the locks.
McLeod last saw the plane in August before he went on a trip to
Europe.
"I don't know when they took it. It could be used for all sorts
of purposes," he said. "It's a brand new plane. I want my plane
back."
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