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TAMPA, Florida (AP) -- A passenger woke up from a nap, raised his fist an d punched out the interior pane of an airplane window on a flight from L as Vegas to Florida, authorities said. Ryan J Marchione, 24, shattered the inner plastic shield covering the gl ass window and disconnected its frame about 90 minutes into the America West flight, according to an FBI affidavit. The outer window was not damaged and the plane did not depressurize, the airline said. Marchione was arrested when the plane landed Wednesday at Tampa Internati onal Airport. He faces up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted of a federal charg e of damaging or destroying an aircraft while it was operating. Marchione "woke abruptly from his sleep and turned to the passenger seate d in 7B" about 90 minutes into the flight, an FBI affidavit said. He the n "raised a clenched fist to his shoulder as if he was going to strike t he passenger in 7B, then suddenly turned and struck the exterior window, " the affidavit said. "It appears to have come out of nowhere," said Marchione's attorney, Thom as Ostrander. "Perhaps it was some sort of a psychotic episode as a resu lt of drug abuse." Marchione was released on $25,000 bail to home detention with electronic monitoring.
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