Sunday, August 10, 2003 Posted: 1:02 PM EDT (1702 GMT)
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[SIZE= 12pt]Pilot arraigned for alleged shoe-bomb comment[/SIZE]
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[color=" black FONTFAMILY Times New Roman msobidifontsize 105pt"]NEW YORK (AP) --[/color][color=" black FONTFAMILY Times New Roman msobidifontsize 90pt"] [/color]
[color=" black FONTFAMILY Times New Roman msobidifontsize 105pt"]An Air France pilot was arraigned on felony charges Sunday after allegedly telling a security screener he had a bomb in his shoe.[/color][color=" black FONTFAMILY Times New Roman msobidifontsize 90pt"] [/color]
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[color=" black FONTFAMILY Times New Roman msobidifontsize 90pt"]No explosives were found on the pilot or the plane, but the New York-to-Paris flight he was scheduled for as a co-pilot was canceled. [/color]
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[color=" black FONTFAMILY Times New Roman msobidifontsize 90pt"]Philippe Rivere, 50, was charged with two counts of falsely reporting an incident. He could face a seven-year prison term if convicted on the first-degree count, said Patrick Clark, a spokesman for the Queens district attorney. [/color]
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Sunday, 10 August, 2003, 20:32 GMT 21:32 UK
Pilot on bail over air incident
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He is charged with two counts of falsely reporting an incident and faces up to 11 years in prison.
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The flight eventually returned to Paris Charles de Gaulle airport on Saturday after a new co-pilot flew in from Paris.
The airline, who has apologized to passengers for the inconvenience caused, said the pilot had been arrested following "misinterpreted remarks".
But US officials describe the pilot's remarks as inappropriate.
"It's not very often that you find a co-pilot making such inappropriate comments," Transportation Security Administration (TSA) spokeswoman Lauren Stover.
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"Terrorists are still trying to perfect a shoe bomb, and here is an employee of the aviation industry - the very people we are trying to protect and who we are counting on to be alert in security matters - who is making the threat," Ms Stover said.
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