2021-06-12 17:25:55
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Saturday’s funny story. And you think it’s funny?
In a much more disturbing incident on March 2, a still unidentified 41 year old Swedish pilot flying for the Turkish carrier, Corendon Airlines, was arrested at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), as he was about to fly 101 passengers aboard a Boeing 737-400, Flight CAI 202, to Ankara, Turkey (ESB).
The incident was reminiscent of the real life master of false identities, Frank Abagnale, Jr., portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in the 2002 film "Catch Me If You Can".
The Corendon Airlines pilot, who had fooled airlines in Belgium, the U.K., and Italy for 13 years, logging over 10,000 flight hours during that time, was said to be relieved that his deception was finally over, and reportedly removed his command stripes. He had a private pilot's license, but had forged air transport certification papers.
The Turkish low-budget airline was informed in advance of the arrest by Dutch police, and had a backup pilot, hopefully with genuine certification, ready to take over the flight.
A spokesperson for Corendon Airlines said the imposter had worked for the company for the last two years and had "expertly misled us with his false papers". He called it pure luck that the bogus pilot had never flown alone, adding that he will never pilot a Corendon Airlines flight again.
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