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Old 14th Jan 2005, 11:43
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How many commercial a/c have been involved with incidents where the handling pilot has been so called "drunk" - zilch I would think.
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The usual response here is the Japan Air Lines DC-8-62 in 1977 where a take-off on the wrong runway and subsequent stall at Anchorage killed 5 on a cargo flight.

The record seems to show 4 other possible fatal incidents where high alcohol consumption may have been contributory, including a Dornier 228 in Tahiti in 1991, plus three others in Norway, India and Finland between 1961 and 1973.
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