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Background: 荷兰当局逮捕了一名瑞典籍飞行员。他用伪造飞机驾驶执照为多个航空公司提供服务长达13年。这名41岁的飞行员定居米兰，他累计了最少1万个飞行小时，横跨英国，意大利和比利时的领空。在收到瑞典官方的通报后，星期二晚上官方人员在阿姆斯特丹斯希普霍尔机场拘留了他。当时他正准备登机驾驶载有101名乘客的飞机前往土耳其首都安卡拉。

Dutch police said the pilot was arrested in the cockpit.

He is suspected of flying with a forged licence for more than a decade.

The police said he had once had a commercial pilot licence but it had expired and it never qualified him for passenger flights.

He claimed to have worked for various companies in Belgium, Britain and Italy for over 13 years, logging more than 10,000 flight hours.

The Turkish airline Corendon said the pilot had worked for the company for two years and Corendon had cooperated with police and had a reserve pilot prepared to take over the flight.

When he was arrested, the pilot said he was relieved that his misdeeds had come to light and he tore the captain's stripes off his uniform.

Glossary 词汇表

arrested 逮捕 

cockpit 飞机驾驶舱 

forged licence 伪造的执照 

commercial pilot licence 商用飞机驾驶员执照 

expired 过期了 

logging 飞行记录(… 小时) 

reserve 后备 

relieved 如释重负的 

misdeeds 犯罪行为 

tore 撕毁了

Questions and Answers

1. In what country was the pilot arrested? 

He was arrested in Holland.

2. Where was he sitting when the police came? 

He was sitting at the controls of the aircraft.

3. How long had he been a fake pilot? 

For more than 13 years.

4. How did he feel when he was arrested? 

He felt relief that the lie was finally over.