Jeremy Gudorf, 33, was taken into custody moments before operating a JetBlue flight after authorities discovered he was wanted in North Carolina.

The commercial pilot was preparing for a flight from Boston to Paris when he was arrested, a Boston news outlet reported.

An airline pilot was arrested before taking off from a Boston airport on Thursday night, according to a report. The pilot, 33-year-old Jeremy Gudorf was preparing to fly a JetBlue airplane from Boston’s Logan Airport to Paris when law enforcement arrested him shortly before 9 p.

JetBlue pilot Jeremy Gudorf was arrested moments before he could begin a flight from Boston's Logan Airport to Paris Thursday night. Prosecutors said he was wanted on an arrest warrant for a child sex charge in North Carolina.

A JetBlue pilot on a flight from Boston to Paris was arrested at Logan Airport Thursday night. Jeremy Gudorf is wanted in North Carolina on the charge of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, a prosecutor said in court Friday. U.S. Customs and Border Protection asked troopers at the airport for help at about 8:40 p.m., State Police said.

Jeremy Gudorf, 33, of Ohio, was nabbed at Boston’s Logan International Airport late Thursday after US Customs and Border Protection realized he had an warrant out for his arrest,

A JetBlue pilot preparing for a trans-Atlantic flight to Paris was arrested onboard his plane at Boston's Logan Airport Thursday evening.

A JetBlue pilot was arrested at Boston Logan International Airport Thursday evening just as he was preparing to fly to Paris.