Posted on 07/14/2002 3:53:52 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:07:27 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
July 14, 2002 -- An airline captain left a high-ranking Israel dignitary behind in San Francisco when "a communication breakdown" between security and the flight crew led to a heated standoff at the gate, The Post has learned.
Alon Pinkas, the Israeli counsel general in New York, and his wife, Ravital, were en route to San Francisco International Airport when his security team alerted the airport that a dignitary was arriving.
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Actually, I don't believe I would want to fly on any plane with this particular pilot. Pinkas and his wife probably felt the same way after the fact.
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