To be fair though, they hadn't gone out drinking and then flying. They had drunk the night before and believed they had slept it off. I personally can't feel a pint of strong lager inside me, it takes 2 or 3 before I'm aware that I've drunk. So I do it by calculation that a can of strong lager is 3 units and you process a unit an hour.
So it's more than possible they took off feeling fine, believing they were fine, but unfortunately weren't fine.
It also seems similar to the very sad Cirrus loss over the channel on the weekend. Non imc pilots relying on auto-pilot to fly IMC
99mg of alcohol the following morning what was he the night before Paralitic? A heart condition, No medical, No licence no instrument training, Had he survived I am sure he would have been imprisoned.
Does anyone know the rate of dissipation of alcohol in the blood per hour after consumption and what he would have likely had the night before to have those levels the following morning.
What happened to the people on the ground to even allow this guy to takeoff with NO regard for his passengers. Maybe it was better he died than have to live with what his actions caused.
Pace