Fake pilot gets past security and into plane

By Morning Express with Robin Meade staff

updated 10:25 AM EDT, Fri March 22, 2013

NEED TO KNOW

Man impersonating Air France captain boards U.S. Airways plane
Not stopped by security at Philadelphia International Airport

Phillipe Jeannard arrested for impersonating Air France captain

A fake pilot bluffed his way through airport security and actually made it all the way into a cockpit before people realized he was lying!

Phillipe Jeannard is from France and he was dressed like an Air France captain. He even had a fake Air France I.D. card!

At the Philadelphia International Airport he boarded a U.S. Airways flight and walked into the cockpit.

It wasn't until the REAL pilots got suspicious, that they called police.

Jeannard was arrested and is being held on $1 million bail.

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