Ethanol analysis
For those of you who are interested in the reliability of testing for ethanol in post mortems you should read this link .You can nget the short abstract version for free but for the full paper you have to register .It has a full section devoted to air accidents .Test results can be influenced by various factors so i think in relation to this incident you guys may find it interesting .There have been a number of air accidents that have involved diabetic hypo's and if you didnt know a person was having a hypo they would appear to be drunk ?
Taken from Forensic Science international .
Interpreting results of ethanol analysis in postmortem specimens
http://www.fsijournal.org/article/S0379-0738(06)00289-1/abstract