No flight for pilot duo after DUI arrest
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TWO pilots were arrested in Scotland on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol as they prepared to fly a passenger plane to the United States, police said yesterday.
The two men were detained at Glasgow Airport on Saturday before they were due to fly to Newark in New Jersey.
Concerns were raised over the pair ahead of the 9:00am UA162 flight. The service, carrying 141 passengers, eventually flew with a new crew.
“Two men aged 35 and 45 have been arrested and are presently detained in police custody in connection with alleged offenses under the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003, Section 93,” a Police Scotland spokesman said.
The section relates to “carrying out pilot function or activity while exceeding the prescribed limit of alcohol”.
A United Airlines spokesman said, “The two pilots have been removed from service and their flying duties,” adding that the airlines was conducting its own investigation.
The men are expected to appear at Paisley Sheriff Court outside Glasgow today.
The arrests come after two Canadian pilots were charged with being drunk as they prepared to fly from Glasgow to Toronto last month.
Jean-Francois Perreault, 39, and Imran Zafar Syed, 37, were arrested on July 18 as they were due to pilot an Airbus A310 jet, which carries up to 250 passengers, for Air Transat.
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