China Releases FedEx Pilot After 9 Month Long Detention

China Releases FedEx Pilot After 9 Month Long Detention
A FedEx logo marks the location of one of the company's distribution center in Chicago, Ill., on March 19, 2009 . Scott Olson/Getty Images
Reuters
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Chinese authorities have released a U.S. pilot for FedEx Corp who was detained last year on suspicion of smuggling weapons and ammunition, the pilot’s lawyer said.

Todd Hohn, a former U.S. Air Force pilot, was detained in September in the southern city of Guangzhou after he piloted a FedEx freighter aircraft. Chinese authorities said at the time they had found suspected air gun pellets in his luggage.