A US pizza delivery man who crash-landed on the Cuban coast after a bizarre flight from the Florida Keys in a stolen plane was flown back to the United States last night and arrested.
Mr Milo John Reese (55) faces grand theft charges for allegedly stealing the $60,000 aircraft.
On July 31st, he took off on his first solo flight in a Cessna 172 owned by the flight school. He was supposed to circle the airport and land.
Instead, he flew to Cuba, flipping the plane over as he brought it down on the rocky coast a few miles from Havana.
Mr Reese appeared to be in good health and was wearing a green shirt and khaki pants - not the blue and red Pizza Hut uniform he wore on the flight to Havana.
The man, who delivered pizzas for the restaurant in the middle Florida Keys, took flying lessons for about two weeks from Paradise Aviation, which operates out of Florida Keys Marathon Airport.
Mr Reese had been kept at the Cuban Naval Hospital in the fishing village of Cojimar just outside Havana, where he was treated for minor injuries.
He is said to have a history of mental problems and no previous ties to Cuba.