The former president of a luxury charter company whose jet barreled off New Jersey’s Teterboro Airport runway in 2005 was sentenced yesterday to 2? years in prison by a judge who said he did not believe the crash was a result of regulatory violations, according to a story by the online news, northjersey.com.The jet ploughed through a steel perimeter fence and struck two cars as it crossed six lanes of a highway before crashing into this clothing warehouse and bursting into flames.“I’m just not satisfied from the evidence I heard that the conduct alleged caused the plane to crash,
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