Two pilots of Air Algerie have been
suspended for allowing a 10-year-old
orphaned boy to control a domestic
passenger flight in fulfilment of his dreams. 

According to local media, the pilots were
suspended because the act was a breach of civil
aviation regulations.
The boy’s adventure was filmed by a TV crew as
part of a charity initiative and aired on local
television station El Bilad on July 26, reports
say.

The pilots were suspended on July 29 for
investigation into the incident, it added.
The number of passengers in the flight is
unknown.

The boy, dressed like a pilot, was filmed seated
in the cockpit and pushing buttons under the
supervision of the two pilots during a flight
from the capital Algiers to Setif in the east.

The video showed the boy being taken around
the plane before take off.