The Vietnam Airlines pilots were fined and suspended for allegedly allowing model-turned actress Ly Nha Ky to sit in the co-pilot's seat during a flight from Hong Kong to Hanoi last month.
The men were suspended after pictures of the former tourism ambassador for Vietnam posing in a pilot's hat and sunglasses with the pilots were found online and published by news website vietbao.vn.
Two Vietnam Airlines pilots have been fined and suspended after photos emerged of them posing with model-turned actress Ly Nha Ky in the cockpit midflight
Pilots punished: Two Vietnam Airlines pilots have been fined and suspended after photos emerged of them posing with model-turned actress Ly Nha Ky in the cockpit midflight
The chief inspector for the Vietnam Aviation Agency said the pilots' actions were a 'threat to aviation security and should be punished,' according to the Toui Tre news website.
The plane was flying on auto-pilot at the time but aviation safety regulations were breached because the co-pilot had left his seat and the pilots had allowed an unauthorized person into the cockpit.
Model Ms Ky, a former tourism ambassador for Vietnam, posed with the pilots during a flight from Hong Kong to Hanoi
In another photo, the model is seen hugging two flight attendants.
A spokesman for Vietnam Airlines told Vietnamese media that they had been unaware of the incident and would conduct an investigation following an official report from staff.
Captain Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Y was fined £216 while co-pilot Nguyen Xuan Hai was fined £92.
Auto-pilot does not mean pilots can leave the cockpit. They have to be present to monitor the flight path and can turn off auto-pilot mode if required.
The incident comes after two pilots were suspended from Air India when they allegedly left an Airbus carrying 166 passengers on autopilot and directed air hostesses to be in charge while they slept in business class.
The flight on April 12 was travelling from Bangkok to New Delhi when both the co-pilot and the pilot left the cockpit after having spent some time instructing two flight attendants how to fly.
But the pair had to rush back and seize the controls of the A-320 after one of them accidentally turned off the autopilot setting, sources said.
The national carrier suspended the captain of the Airbus A-320 Bangkok-New Delhi flight, his co-pilot, and two flight attendants who had accidentally switched off the autopilot in the cockpit momentarily.
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