B.C. Man Pleads Guilty to Terrorism for Stolen Plane Stunt

0:00It's April 8th. Welcome in. This is Vancouver News today, where local news meets AI. I'm Cory with the story. A British Columbia man named Shahir Kassim has pleaded guilty to two terrorism charges after stealing a small plane from Vancouver Island last July. That wild moves sparked a major security scare at Vancouver International Airport, forcing Norad to scramble fighter jets. Earlier this week, he entered the plea in a Richmond court on counts of hijacking the aircraft and messing with airport operations. Prosecutors say those acts qualify as terrorism under Canada's criminal code. Folks remember his social media post the day before, calling himself a messenger of Allah out to save humanity from climate change. Police pegged it as an ideological motive right away, and his old boss is at a local airline called him a sharp, talented pilot who thought the world was ending. Images hit social media showing his arrest on the runway after landing the cessinah he'd snatched from a flying club near Victoria.

1:02No one got hurt, but his shut down airspace big time. He's back in court by the end of May to set a sentencing date, wrapping up this bizarre chapter in aviation history.