No, it's not a scene from the 2002 movie Catch Me If You Can, where Leonardo DiCaprio poses as a pilot to defraud an airline, but it might seem familiar. On Tuesday, the U.S Attorney General's Office for the District of Hawaii said that a Toronto man is accused of posing as a commercial pilot for four years, using a fake employee ID to take hundreds of free flights on three different airlines.
Venezuela has banned six international airlines, accusing them of state terrorism after the carriers suspended flights to the country following a warning from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Venezuela's civil aviation authority announced late on Wednesday that Spain's Iberia, Portugal's Tap, Colombia's Avianca, Chile and Brazil's Latam, Brazil's Gol and Turkish Airlines would have their operational permits revoked for joining the actions of state terrorism promoted by the United States government and unilaterally suspending air commercial operations.
A cyberattack targeting check-in and boarding systems disrupted air traffic and caused delays at several of Europe's major airports on Saturday. While the impact on travelers appeared to be limited, experts said the intrusion exposed vulnerabilities in security systems. The disruptions to electronic systems initially reported at Brussels, Berlin's Brandenburg and London's Heathrow airports meant that only manual check-in and boarding was possible. Many other European airports said their operations were unaffected.
If you've ever watched the movie "Due Date," you're probably familiar with the concept of a no-fly list. In the 2010 film, Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifiniakis' characters end up having to drive across the country after getting kicked off a flight for inadvertently using trigger words like "bomb" and "terrorist." While the movie is a comedy, and it's not based on a true story, no-fly lists are no joke.
