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APRIL 1 2008
59-year-old West OZ tourist operator Rhys Thomas pleaded guilty yesterday to entering Singapore's airspace in a Cessna floatplane without having a valid certificate of
airworthiness for the aircraft and was fined 5,000 Singapore dollars ..about $4K in OZ
Judge Danielle Yeow ordered Thomas to pay the maximum fine and not spend any extra time in jail
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The defence apparently put part of the blame back onto the Australian authorities for allegedly giving conflicting advice to Thomas on whether he required a
valid certificate of airworthiness for the C208
Thomas said he was relieved and eager to return to Australia where his mother has been hospitalized with a heart attack since February
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