Pretender in uniform

Police arrest a man posing as a pilot for Garuda Indonesia at the airport in Tangerang, Banten.

JAKARTA: Soekarno-Hatta International Airport police arrested a man posing as a pilot for national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia at the airport’s Terminal 3 in Tangerang, Banten.

The man, identified as Alvin Adithya Darmawan, was wearing a Garuda pilot uniform when he checked in at the Garuda counter at 11.40am on Friday, SoekarnoHatta police chief Sr Comr Victor Togi Tambunan said.

Besides dressing in uniform, Alvin was also reportedly carrying a Garuda air crew ID.

Alvin was seen wandering around the terminal before heading to a security checkpoint when a real Garuda pilot named Andre saw him and became suspicious of Alvin’s behaviour.

When he graduated high school he applied to get into a pilot school but he failed.

James Hasudungan Hutajulu

“Based on his suspicions, captain (Andre) then talked to the man, but he replied with unclear answers,” Victor said as reported by kompas. com on Saturday.

Andre then reported Alvin to flight security personnel.

The head of the criminal investigation unit at the airport, Comr James Hasudungan Hutajulu, said Alvin was a passenger on a Garuda flight to Semarang, Central Java.

He reportedly told police that he was obsessed with the idea of becoming a pilot.

“When he graduated high school he applied to get into a pilot school but he failed,” James said.