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For Aviation Buffs, A Correction

16 Apr 2008 11:13 am

The Pope's aircraft was not, in fact, called Shephard One.

Its callsign was "Alitalia 4000" (AZA 6000), and the plane, a Boeing 777, was registered in Ireland.

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