The following intrigueing report comes from:
Ulykkespilot varetægtsfængslet
The pilot of the Learjet aircraft that crashed on the island on 15 September, has been remanded in custody. He is still in hospital, while police are trying to find out who he really is and what else he has on his conscience.
The 38-year-old Mexican pilot of the Learjet aircraft that crashed on the island on Saturday 15th September, was on Friday remanded in custody for four weeks. The man was jailed in absentia as he remains hospitalized in Copenhagen with serious injuries. The prosecution demanded the man in custody after police fears he will try to flee the country.
Police have charged the man for credit card fraud for 30,000 dollars for the purchase of aviation fuel at a previous visit to Bornholm Airport. He is also charged with bringing the lives of others in danger by having flown the aircraft without the statutory co-pilot and without having the required pilot's license.
"The Mexican pilot pleads "not guilty" to all charges, but he would like to acknowledge that he was in the airplane," says Peter Jørgensen, police commissioner of Bornholm Police, to TV2 Bornholm.
Wanted by Interpol
German police had before the crash called the man through Interpol, as he might in a false name has rigged three times in Germany in connection with the purchase of aviation fuel. Police on the island and in Berlin are now working to determine the man's real identity. On his computer in the plane police found a pilot's license in another name than the man has given to the police.
A Polish man was also aboard the small Learjet 24-aircraft Saturday the 15th September afternoon crashed in a cornfield during the approach to Bornholm Airport. The Polish man survived the crash but broke his back.
The Mexican has indicated a more German-sounding name to its Polish passenger than the Spanish sounding name, the man claims his real name. The man has during the police interrogations alternately denied and acknowledged knowing about the German-sounding name.
Contact from Houston
Meanwhile, police in Houston in the U.S. contacted colleagues on Bornholm. They suspect Mexican for selling aircraft parts and received the money, but forgot to send the parts to the purchaser.
Police have also identified that the German-registered aircraft airworthiness certificate was three years old.