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‘Drunk’ BA pilot is hauled off of by armed police seconds from take-off after ‘cabin crew who smelled booze’ and feared for passengers called 999

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British Airways pilot hauled from plane seconds before take-off by armed police .... Cabin crew feared for passengers safety and called 999 after smelling 'alcohol' ... Pilot was due to fly 300 passengers from Gatwick, London to island of Mauritius .. (www.aviationfigure.net) More...

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canuck44
canuck44 2
Detected by the cabin crew? The implication is that the PIC and the third pilot who co-occupied the flight deck missed the problem, were prepared to overlook it or it did not exist. If he in fact is still in custody, it would sound like his testing was positive.
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TorstenHoff
Torsten Hoff 1
"Seconds from take-off"? Dramatize much?
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