His name is Nishal Sankat and he allegedly has an Indian background (which does not preclude him from being a Muslim). The 22-year-old student pilot arrested for boarding a vacant passenger plane at a central Florida airport has been charged with criminal attempt to steal an airplane, unarmed burglary, grand theft larceny, trespassing, and a visa violation, according to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office.

FOX News (h/t CAdams) The Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating and trying to determine a motive in the case, according to Orlando-Melbourne International Airport spokeswoman Lori Booker. She told news outlets the student pilot, identified as Florida Institute of Technology student Nishal Sankat, also faces a visa violation and criminal trespassing charges.

Early Thursday, a man drove to the curb outside the airport, left his car running, hopped a fence and boarded an Airbus 321 American Airlines aircraft sitting in a maintenance facility, Booker said.

An avionics technician was in the plane’s galley when he saw a shadow, Booker said. “He turned around and said, ‘Who are you? Show me your badge,” Booker told news outlets. She said the technician was among airport workers she dubbed heroes.

He grabbed the man and, with help from another technician, they got him off the plane. Booker said that while one technician held the man down, the other called Melbourne airport police. The man broke free and ran along the airfield before police took him into custody about two minutes later.

Nishal Sankat’s Facebook pictures and posts show he had a keen interest in aviation and weaponry:

After the man was arrested, officials conducted a sweep of the airfield before re-opening the airport. All employees and passengers were removed from the terminal during the incident, which caused two flight delays and interrupted airport operations for about five hours.