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Seat the captain got suspicious but still allowed this phony pilot to sit down but then gate agent came in to give the crew the final passenger list, noticed the passenger was sitting right there in the jump seat. she notified the captain. the captain notified authorities and they came on and hauled this guy away. the big concern in all of this is that apparently his air france i.d. was a terrible fake i.d. here s former commercial pilot rob marks. it doesn t matter where the gate agent did something or didn t do something or the flight attendant did or didn t do something. the captain ultimately bears the responsibility for everything that goes on in that airplane. reporter: the suspect now facing multiple charges. usairways say the door was always open and the passengers were never in danger. shepard: didn t the same thing happen a couple months ....
Authorities caught up to him. they think he did it at least two, maybe three times before that but nothing compares to this guy. his name is frak be a bin gail. the phony pilot who flew some 250 flights for panam back in the 1950s. and before the feds ever caught up to him, he had logged more than a million miles. he, of course, was the subject of leonardo decap preio s role in the movie catch me if you can. shep. shepard: trace gallagher live tonight. thanks. you generally don t expect to see cessna in your rear view mirror. one went rolling down the freeway in southern, keisel after the pilot had to make an emergency landing right there on the road. he reported he lost engine power. nobody got hurt. as you can see here a pickup truck had to tow it out of there. get ready for the vote aroma. the senate trying to do something it hasn t done in nearly 40 years. actually pass a budget. it won t be easy and it won t be quick. why this party is set to go all night with vote after ....
the thing here, ali, the phony passenger, pilot was ticketed for coach and asked the ticket agent if there was room in first class. and he threw a fit and saying he hated americans and yet got on board the plane and didn t get into coach. with a fake air france uniform, a fake air france bag and fake i.d. went into the cockpit and told the pilot he was a 747 pilot. the captain kind of became suspicion when the fake pilot couldn t figure out how to open up the jump seat. and then the gate agent, who had the beef with this phony pilot at the gate came in. noticed he was in the jump seat and she called authorities when they asked for his i.d. he they turned out fake. they pulled him in. he s now charged with a bunch of things, but the cops are very concerned because the uniform was a bad fake and so was the i.d. listen to police. well, it s concerning because we don t to what his he designs were. i mean, he could be anything ....
Wasn t intent to ride back in coach it happened in philadelphia at the international airport there. cops say this french citizen had a coach ticket on a u.s. airways flight. he asked a gate agent if he could ride up front in first. the agent said. no and police say he argued with the agent. telling her that he hatesicans. and once he got on the plane, he didn t take his seat back in coach. police say he claimed to be a pilot and asked to ride in the cockpit s jump seat. he reportedly looked the part at the time. air france shirt and an air france bag. even an apparent airline i.d. card. but the police say the captain knew something wasn t right almost as soon as the imposture entered the cockpit. trace gallagher picks up the story there what tipped off the captain. this guy said he could fly a 747, shep. for some reason he could not open the jump seat despite the fact the captain was suspicious, he still apparently allowed this guy to sit down. but when the gate agent who had the ini ....