Serial Thieving Air France Stewardess Nabbed in Paris

Published : July 21, 2010 :: 14:07:08 [ 2,239 views ]

A Stewardess from Air France Airline has been arrested after robbing unsuspecting business class passengers of their money and valuables on over 100 long-haul flights. The passengers were robbed as they slept on largely Paris-Tokyo bound flights.

Paris 20^th July 2010 [PDN] Police from the French boarder launched an investigation into thefts aboard Air France international flights, after reports were made from well to do passengers of missing valuables and large sums of money, including check books and credit cards.

The first report of a theft was made in January 2010, when five passengers complained of losing a total of 4,000 euros (£3,340) during their flight from the Far East.

After six months of investigations, and cross referencing cabin crew with all the flights that had reports of thefts, police seized a 47 year old Stewardess as she stepped off a flight from Tokyo to Paris at Charles de Gaulle airport at 4.30am last Friday. She confessed to 26 separate thefts, but police believe she is responsible for more due to the high number of reports.

The Stewardess known only as Lucie R. robbed the passengers after they dropped their guard due to her professionalism and conscientiousness as she tucked them in for the night and pandered to their every need.

She told police that the Paris to Tokyo route was her favourite as Japanese passengers tended to travel with a substantial amount of cash. Officers found she had stashed the jewelry in a safe deposit box, the haul included a Cartier wedding ring and a diamond encrusted ring. At her home, credit cards and blank travellers’ cheques were found with a substantial amount of money also found in her private bank account.

The woman is in custody awaiting trial and if found guilty will face a ten year prison sentence if convicted. Air France stated that they were not responsible for valuables going missing on route and anything stolen on board a flight would be an insurance matter. Their responsibility ended once everything was stored.

Reggie Colbeck

Comments

aussie clueless

said :

What does stealing money and valuables from sleeping passengers have to do with an airline selling duty free merchandise or an attendant smuggling perfume?

Once again aussiebkk is being a complete fool and is babbling on, without a clue to the real issue.

The "not our problem" attitude from Air Frog is not surprising.

Email : aussie_clueless@pattayamail.com Date : 2010-07-23 10:11:18

stropmag

said :

I'm sure that Air France made a rather fuller statement but they have here a major PR failing. They have allowed the media to make it appear that their response to this situation is a disclaimer rather than an apology to their customers. I have never flown AF and almost certainly never will.

Email : paul.johnson@mail.net Date : 2010-07-21 21:48:31

Bob

said :

If she worked for British Airways, the Union would be fighting on her behalf to keep here job.
The sky hags on the American and European airlines are horrible, just the kind of women I came here to get away from.

Email : Bob@haha.com Date : 2010-07-21 18:10:04

aussiebkk

said :

This is hardly a new story or new crime wave. Flight attendants have been ripping off passengers on in- flight duty free and smuggling value added goods ie.. caviar ,sushi,marble beef and perfumes around the globe tax free for years.Can anyone out there even begin to imagine how much air-hostesses make out of smuggling perfumes and skin creams from Paris to Bangkok.Huge scam.

Email : unibkk@hotmail.com Date : 2010-07-21 15:23:52

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