Ex Porn star Chloe Khan

KUWAIT: The license of a Kuwait Airways pilot who had invited a porn star and her friend into the cockpit in 2013 has been revoked, according to a report by Al-Jarida daily yesterday. The decision, announced by Communications Minister Essa Al-Kandari in a report to the National Assembly, was taken following an investigation he ordered in July when news about the security breach broke out.

The report, a copy of which was obtained by Al-Jarida, said that the copilot was demoted over his role in the case. The plane crew was not aware of what was happening inside the cockpit and no disciplinary action was taken against any member, Al-Jarida said. Kandari stressed the compliance of Kuwait Airways with the strict regulations adopted following Sept 11.

The investigation team in its report spelled out several recommendations that included tougher measures related to the cockpit, including the revocation of the license of any pilot who smokes inside it. Kandari had ordered the "immediate recall" of the Kuwaiti pilot allegedly involved in the case from the Thai capital Bangkok where he was when the case was published in the British media.

In a statement, Kuwait Airways said that it would carry out a "full investigation" into the report that one of its captains in 2013 invited a female passenger into the cockpit during a flight from London's Heathrow to JFK airport in New York. In its report, the Daily Star said that the pilot invited Chloe Mafia, an ex-porn star, and her "glamorous friend" into the cockpit, ordered them champagne and told them to sit on his knee. Mafia, whose real name Chloe Khan, claimed the married pilot wanted to look at her body and boasted about intimate relations with stewardesses. - Agencies