'Drunken' Jet Airways pilot held at Heathrow, taken off India flight
LONDON: A Jet Airways pilot was arrested by armed police after staff at London's Heathrow airport warned he may have drunk too much to fly, a
newspaper reported on Tuesday quoting police.
Michael Harr, a 62-year-old ex-US marine, was taken off the flight to Mumbai Sunday by officers and subsequently failed a breath test at 9.30 am in the morning, The Sun reported.
He was due to be first officer on the Boeing 777 flight and was in the cockpit, preparing for take-off when police took him away.
A spokesman for London's Metropolitan Police said: "At approximately 09.30 a.m. on Sunday December 21, officers attended an aircraft at Heathrow Airport and arrested a man aged 62.
"He was arrested on suspicion of being aviation staff performing an aviation function whilst exceeding the proscribed alcohol limit - contrary to Section 93 of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003. A breath test was administered."
Harr has been bailed to reappear in court at a later date.