Pilots Patricio Zocchi Molina and Federico MatÃas Soaje lost their jobs after letting Argentinian actress, model and Playboy playmate Victoria Xipolitakis help fly a commercial plane, a subsidiary of Argentinian Airlines.
Various news networks released a video of Xipolitakis flying the plane with Molina and Soaje during take off and cruising altitude, a clear violation of air safety. "Vicky, this aircraft is in part yours because we all pay taxes," one of the pilots can be heard saying as the three made jokes and took pictures.
In video obtained by Argentinian news program Telenoche and shared with ABC News, one of the pilots is seen explaining how various controls work to the model, who appears to be the one taking the video.
Xipolitakis assured the two pilots that she wouldn't publish the video online but her comments were enough to raise suspicions.
The actress, unaware of the imprudence of piloting a plane, wrote on social media: I was a pilot, I flew an airplane! Yes, I was a little scared but it was a very nice experience...
The pilots have been fired. The three people involved are under investigation and will face criminal charges.
For her part, Xipolitakis has added several statements in Spanish relating to the incident.
"I sincerely and wholeheartedly did not imagine I could cause this much damage," she wrote in one of the posts.
"With respect to the extraordinary flight, being there was an unforgettable and beautiful experience, I never thought there would be this much fuss," she wrote in Spanish.
The airline stated that she will be banned from both Aerolineas and Austral flights for the next five years.
Pilots fired for letting playboy model fly commercial flight
