New Delhi: Twenty pilots belonging to different commercial airlines were found to be 'alcohol positive' in pre-flight tests between June last year and February this year, the government said today.
"20 pilots have tested alcohol positive during pre- flight medical examination for the consumption of alcohol while on duty from June 1, 2011 to February 29, 2012," Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.
In the details provided by Singh, 19 of these 20 pilots have been kept off flying duty for a period of 3 months.
21/03/12 PTI/Economic Times
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