The pilot showed signs of drunkenness: as the plane was about to take off, the man was arrested in the cockpit by the police

L’avion a été contraint de rester au sol. imageBROKER.com – imageBROKER/Olaf Schuelke

L’avion devait décoller d’un instant à l’autre mais finalement il n’a pas bougé. En cause, le pilote de l’avion était soupçonné d’être ivre.

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As the plane of the American airline Southwest Airlines was preparing to take off for Chicago on Wednesday, January 15, it was finally forced to stay on the ground at the Savannah airport in the state of Georgia. The cause was the pilot, David Paul Allsop, who was arrested by the police while the man smelled of alcohol according to CBS information.

He was relieved of his duties

According to our American colleagues, the man also showed signs of drunkenness. According to a spokesperson for the airline, “the employee was relieved of his duties”. Since the plane did not depart, “customers have been accommodated on other flights and we apologize for the disruption to their travel plans.”

“Regulations prohibit pilots from consuming alcohol while on duty or from operating, or attempting to operate, an aircraft within 8 hours of consuming alcohol or if they have a blood alcohol content of 0.04 percent or more,” the Federal Aviation Administration states.