An Air Canada plane is shown in 2025 at a gate at Montreal-Trudeau International Airport in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Police said a former Air Canada captain faces fraud charges after flying without the correct license for 17 years. File Photo by Graham Hughes/EPA
June 9 (UPI) -- A former pilot and captain for Air Canada faces fraud charges after an investigation showed he flew hundreds of flights over 17 years without a proper license, police said Tuesday.
Geoffrey Wall, 59, of Barrie, Ontario, was arrested June 1 after the investigation, which police called "Project Icarus," CBC News reported.
Wall, who'd started his career with Air Canada in 1998, did not obtain the required airline transport pilot license in 2009 when he was promoted to captain, Deputy Chief Nick Milinovich said at a press conference.
That license requires a series of written exams. Instead, Wall allegedly used fraudulent licenses for Air Canada and Transport Canada (the country's federal transportation department)and then attempted to conceal that in a false police report, Milinovich said.
