At the last minute, the pilot filed a new flight plan.

Ralfini was landing at Nice, but his pilot had already filed a second flight plan for later that evening.

But, the officials said, at the last minute the pilot filed a new flight plan and flew to Basel, Switzerland.

The pilots "filed their flight plan and did not deviate," she said.

The authorities were still trying tonight to determine whether the pilot had filed a flight plan, which is not required.

The pilot later filed a malicious prosecution claim seek, but the suit was dismissed.

The pilot filed a flight plan for Rio de Janeiro, but he never arrived.

Neither pilot filed a formal report on the incident.

He is here in Paris at the moment according to a flight plan his pilot filed.

Some pilots flying under visual rules may file flight plans, but they are little more than records of origins and intended destinations.