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Man who accidentally lit match on plane faces heat

published Thu, Mar 18 2010 16:15 GMT
A man from Maine who struck a match on a U.S. Airways flight to Boston's Logan International Airport is facing some heat _ but not over matches. Massachusetts State Police detained 50-year-old Paul Prater of Sanford on Wednesday over an outstanding identity fraud warrant in Canton, Ga. State police spokesman David Procopio said no charges have been brought for the match lighting, which Prater called an accident.

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