By Brooke Adams
Magistrate judge says man who opened plane door remains a flight risk.
A Ukrainian native who disrupted a flight at Salt Lake City International Airport will remain in the Davis County jail after a Utah judge said Monday he was still concerned the man might try to flee the country.
Attorneys for Anatoliy Baranovich, 46, wanted U.S. Magistrate Judge Dustin Pead to free their client so he could rejoin in his family in Oregon while awaiting trial. Robert K. Hunt of the Utah Federal Defender’s Office said Pead could require electronic monitoring and restrict Baranovich’s ability to work as a long-haul trucker to reduce concerns he might not show up for trial. Hunt pointed out Baranovich, who has a limited understanding of English, had no prior history of mental illness or psychosis until that fateful flight.
