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A French Man Pulled Off a Scary Feat at the Philly Airport: He Snuck Onto a Plane Dressed as a Pilot

Mar. 22, 2013 9:40am Jonathon M. Seidl

French man sneaks onto Philadelphia flight posing as pilot

Philippe Jernnard

PHILADELPHIA (TheBlaze/AP) — A 61-year-old French man has been arrested at Philadelphia International Airport and charged with impersonating a pilot after airline officials found him in the cockpit of a plane scheduled for takeoff.

Police say Philippe Jernnard of La Rochelle, France, was wearing a white shirt with an Air France logo and had a black jacket with epaulets on the shoulders.

“He had an Air France shirt. He had an Air France bag. He had some identification that looked like he was a crew member from Air France,” Capt. Michael Murphy of the Philadelphia Police Department told the local Fox station.

Officer Christine O’Brien says the crew of an outbound US Airways flight found Jernnard in the jump seat behind the pilot at about 6:20 p.m. Wednesday. She says he became argumentative and was escorted from the plane.

Police found Jernnard with a counterfeit Air France crew member identification card.

Jernnard was arraigned on state charges. Police say they expect federal charges to be filed on Friday.

Philadelphia News, Weather and Sports from WTXF FOX 29

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Comments (25)

bioya1
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 9:28pm
Jernnard – Some advice to help you survive American prison. When Big John comes at you with his extra-large gizmo aimed at your mouth, think of it as another frog. It’ll go down smoother.

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hades3
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 6:38pm
Kerry speaks French !

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hades3
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 6:38pm
Stupidity is a gif, and must be practiced . Too bad so many people have such a gift, and use it on a daily basis.

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Beachbaby
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 1:22pm
He was able to pull it off because he had a bigtitted hoe go thru the naked machine. He knew theyd masterbate for an hour. He’s IN1 Pardon the pun.

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Gonzo
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 11:24am
I guess it doesn’t take much to become a men’s hairdresser in France.

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- 19.5
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 12:18pm
  He’s quite the **** farmer…rogaine needs to contact this dude and isolate his scalp emollients
  
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19.5
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:41am
He made it all the way to the cockpit?! No wonder, they’re too busy pulling aside crippled kids in wheelchairs and 82 year old breast cancer survivor grandmothers and making them take out their fake boobs and colonoscopy bags…our government is a friggin joke.

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- tcpubelle
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 11:16am
  That’s nothing, we have a Tyranical Dictator posing as a President.
  
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Tom K
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:27am
Where was T.S.A. ? How did this imposter get INTO THE COCKPIT ? Airport Security My **** ! Just another reason NOT to fly. ” Good morning passangers, this is your Fictional Captain Jean La Nutt. We will be flying at 20,000 feet until I can kill the Real Crew and then we will search for a crowded shopping mall where our flight will quickly TERMINATE ! “

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repm
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:24am
If you have the guts and look the part, you can get away with most anything.

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GuruMeditation
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:20am
Probably just cruising for chics.

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ozchambers
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:02am
Harrison Ford is French??

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woodyee
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:00am
“he says he became argumentative”

What he said (according to our local news) was that he HATES Americans! Why wasn’t he arrested for making terrorist threats?!? Little five-year-old girls want to know…

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woodyee
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 9:58am
The TSA was too busy trying to get the prosthetics off a combat veteran, to be worried about a Frenchman posing as an airline pilot…

You’d think Frenchie’s smell would have given him away…

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ArmedAndReallyPissed
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 9:53am
A French Man Pulled Off a Scary Feat at the Philly Airport: He Snuck Onto a Plane Dressed as a Pilot……………………………This is nothing. We have a Communist in the White House dressed as a President !!! Now that’s a real feat.

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Cavallo
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 9:51am
The TSA is a sick twisted sad joke. They’re now allowing small knives onto planes when their original purpose is to protect us from another 9-11 in which the hijackers used… small knives.. so.. since the TSA can’t stop knives, bombs, guns, and fake flight personnel… what the hell are they actually doing.. other than molesting children, abusing the elderly and stealing cameras and laptops?

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- woodyee
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:25am
  My friend, my opinion is that I’m glad they’re allowing small knives and other small utensils on board planes. It is a sign that common sense is returning to a tiny segment of government; that is, at least the TSA is beginning to realize that it is people with bad intentions that they should concentrate on, as opposed to inanimate objects.
  
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:25am
  Collecting a good salary, with good bennys, and the ability to exchange great stories about the children the make cry and the stacked women they felt up. You gotta prob with that?
  
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chips1
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 9:50am
He certainly looks French.

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- MisterSarcastic
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:13am
  Yes, I can smell him from here.
  
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:45am
  Mr.
  What sub is that? My sailboat is moored across from Electric Boat, down river from the Groton Sub Base.
  
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Popp40
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 9:46am
Just think, we gave up our freedom to the goverment and TSA in the name of “safety”…..yet we are less safe now then before. I don’t want to think that the majority of Americans are stupid and that gullable, but they just keep proving me they are!

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Sargeking
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 9:46am
How many copycat perps are going to follow this debacle? Looks like they need to instal palm or eye scanners at the boarding gate. They won’t. DHS and their vaunted TSA will continue to drop the ball. Just one more reason I quit flying.

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ozchambers
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 9:45am
This is not really all that unusual at airports. I see TSA agents pretending to be security experts at every terminal.

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- Popp40
  Posted on March 22, 2013 at 9:49am
  LOL…..good one!
  
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