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Turkey: a boy aged 15 in command of an airplane

Ankara, Turkey - Dismissed the pilot of Anadolujet

From Turkey an unbelievable story... A pilot of Anadolujet, an air company partner of Turkish Airlines, placed a passenger aged 15 in command of an airplane. The reason? The pilot needed to go to the toilette. The irresponsible action of the pilot, who has been dismissed, could put in danger the life of the passengers flying from Ankara to Erzurum. Even though there was another pilot on the cabin,...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1094694
Rome, Italy, 09/25/2008 15:35
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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