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

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