Airline Pilot Allegedly Faked Qualifications and Flew Passenger Jets Across Europe for Months

Alex Griffing Nov 12th, 2025, 12:23 pm

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New bombshell reports this week allege that a pilot flew commercial jets “across Europe for months after forging certificates to fake his qualifications,” according to the Daily Mail, which ran the story under the headline , “Unqualified captain flew passenger jets across Europe for months after forging certificates.”

The story first broke in European outlets, alleging that the pilot flew planes with hundreds of passengers on board for the Lithuanian wet-lease airline Avion Express. The pilot in question was reportedly only certified as a co-pilot, but allegedly flew as a captain using forged documen

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