14-year-old steals plane; I blame video games

Posted Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 11:45 am

In Fort Wayne, IN a 14-year-old was wandering around an airport, found a plane with the keys inside, and decided to go for a spin. Surprisingly, he was able to fly for 30 minutes, including taking off and landing twice. The second landing doesn't appear to have been such a good job, since the plane suffered major structural damage. However, no one appears to have been injured.

The kid had never flown before, but I think we can assume that he had played around with Microsoft Flight Simulator or similar.

Comments

Ralph (not verified)

Fri, 06/17/2005 - 07:57

Blame video games. Blame family problems. Blame the fact that he drinks milk. Anything but make this poor victim of society take responsibility for his actions.

Smitty (not verified)

Thu, 06/16/2005 - 16:38

"Grand Theft Auto San Andreas"
by Rockstar games.

It's really a map of Los Angeles with a cornucopia of video mayhem filled with machine guns, rockets, grenades, parachutes, samurai swords, and chainsaws. The character's mission is to cause as much mayhem & damage & steal any vehicle including simulators with trains, planes, boats, motorcycles, bicycles, trucks and airplanes without getting killed.

check it out:
http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/misc/basic/signup.html

Sales are in the millions.

This is only the beginning.

Heh