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A Norwegian court sentenced on Friday (24 June) the pilot of a British Airways aircraft for preparing to fly even though members of his crew were drunk.
The court found that the British Airways pilot was sober but must have known his co-pilot was intoxicated when preparing for takeoff. The pilot was sentenced to six months in prison, while the flight's purser was sentenced to 45 days in prison for being drunk on duty. A similar case against the co-pilot is still pending.
On 11 November 2003 a British Airways Airbus A320 was scheduled to leave from Oslo to London with 55 passengers. British Airways ground personnel suspected some of the crew of being intoxicated and called police, who went aboard to conduct breath tests. The flight was cancelled and police took the pilot, the co-pilot and purser to hospital for blood tests, which found that the co-pilot had a blood alcohol level of 1.02 ppm, while the purser's level was 1.34 ppm, reported the Associated Press.