United States: French traveler arrested after pretending to be plane’s pilot

Posted on March 22, 2013 • Filed under: Tourist Arrested, Travel Aviation, United-States

According to thelocal.fr, “A Frenchman wearing a uniform and claiming to be an Air France pilot was arrested on board a plane in the US city of Philadelphia after being found sitting in the cockpit, police said on Friday. The individual, identified as Philippe Jeannard of La Rochelle, France, was a ticketed passenger for the US Airways flight to West Palm Beach, Florida, according to a police statement that spelled his name two different ways.” Read Article

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