The average level of ethanol in isolated fragments (1.08 ‰) and fragment parts (1.19 ‰) of the PIC’s body are significantly higher (by 0.46 ‰ and 0.96 ‰ respectively) than the abovementioned average values, which confirms the presence of ethyl alcohol in his body before death.
This is consistent with his voice.
Via the AAIB UK the investigation team got access to a text message (SMS) sent from the aircraft by one of the passengers to her friend in UK. The message was sent before the engine startup (approx. at 20:59) and said that the sender was very scared, because when the PIC addressed the passengers his voice sounded “like he is totally drunk”. According to the message, the passengers were worried, but the flight attendants said everything was all right.
Devastating.