The story of an air traffic controller letting his kids give taxi information at JFK has been all over the news. But you haven't heard much about this one which is much more serious:
A Corendon Airlines Boeing 737-400, registration TC-TJC performing flight 7H-202 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Ankara (Turkey) with 101 passengers, was preparing for departure, when the captain of the flight (41), Swedish citizen, was removed from the cockpit by police. A replacement captain took over permitting the airplane to depart with a delay of just 100 minutes.
Corendon Airlines confirmed the removal of a pilot due to a forged license. The pilot held a valid commercial pilot license which however expired 13 years ago. The pilot had passed all simulator checks and training with flying colors and worked for Corendon Airlines for two years. Corendon Airlines had cooperated with Dutch police and had prepared for another pilot to be on standby.
Dutch Authorities acted after Swedish Authorities informed Turkey's Civil Aviation Authority about the pilot not holding a valid pilot's license. The pilot had a valid commercial pilot license for smaller aircraft in the 1990s, however did not renew the license for unknown reasons.
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