Pilots fired for letting model into cockpit

Herald online
Vicky Xipolitakis posted this photo, featuring her with the soon-to-be-sacked pilots, to her Twitter account.
Vicky Xipolitakis posted this photo, featuring her with the soon-to-be-sacked pilots, to her Twitter account.

Two Argentinian airline pilots have been fired after they let a local model into the cockpit during take-off.

Vicky Xipolitakis filmed herself apparently flying the airplane as it took off from Buenos Aires in Argentina, heading for the city of Rosario, in Santa Fe recently.

She also posted photos of herself with the two pilots on her Twitter account.

She remained in the cockpit for the entire flight, a breach of international aviation rules by pilots Patricio Zocchi Molina and Federico Matias Soaje

The pilots worked for Aerolíneas Argentinas and the company head confirmed the pilots had been sacked as a result of the incident.

The company also said it planned to take action against Xipolitakis.

- nzherald.co.nz