Chinese Student Arrested for Military Plane Photos

0:00On April 19th, a 21-year-old Chinese student at the University of Glasgow got arrested for snapping unauthorized photos of military planes at a key U.S. airbase. Tianrui Liang studies aeronautical engineering and targeted off-foot air force base in Nebraska, home to the U.S. Strategic Command. He got nabbed at JFK Airport in New York on April 7th after an eyewitness spotted him with a camera in long lens near runway. Earlier that week on March 31st, Liang documented several aircraft there, including a Boeing E4B that serves as a flying command center. For top U.S. officials during crises, he driven from Canada across the border with a friend, hitting up other bases like Ellsworth and South Dakota before heading to off-foot when his main. Target plane wasn't available. Liang's a serious plane spotter who's chased aircraft all over the UK before, and he even admitted to investigators he knew snapping those picks was. Against the rules, just for his personal collection, FBI docs say he used online

1:01sites to track plane locations at bases and airports. They flagged him as a big flight risk, yanking his bail the day after his first court appearance on April 8th. He's charged under a U.S. law banning photos or sketches of vital military spots without permission, and more court dates are coming up this month. Details are sealed over worries about a possible accomplice in the probe. This bus highlights bigger red flags about foreign espionage at British universities, where experts like MI5's head warned that programs tied to. Overseas funding could expose sensitive tech to spies. Glasgow's staying mum on their student for now.