Miami ? Seven airline pilots and two airport ramp workers were charged with immigration-related offenses, prosecutors said Saturday.

Four pilots and two ramp workers were charged with possession of fake immigration documents, U.S. Atty. Guy Lewis said in a news release.

One of the four fliers, and an additional pilot, also have been charged with making false statements to obtain a Social Security card, Lewis said.

One other pilot was detained in Dallas and another in Miami on unspecified immigration charges, Lewis said.

The charges were not connected to the Sept. 11 attacks, Lewis said.

Marty Heires, a spokesman for American Eagle and American Airlines, said Saturday that two American Eagle pilots were among pilots arrested by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. He said no further information was available.

“We fully cooperated in the investigations,” said Heires.

No pilots for American Airlines were arrested, he said. One of the pilots was arrested at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and another was arrested in Miami, Heires said.

Possession of fake immigration documents warrants a maximum prison term of 10 years, prosecutors said.

l Security breach delays flights at KCI. See story, page 6B.