Drunk pilot ducks alcohol test, gets on flight

New Delhi: A senior Air India (domestic) commander recently dodged the breathalyzer (BA) tests; went to the aircraft to operate his flight on an ultra sensitive sector by seeking clearance from air traffic control (ATC).
The ATC had by then been alerted about the commander's misadventure and refused to clear that flight for takeoff. The pilot was offloaded from the cockpit of his Airbus A-320 and made to undergo the BA tests which found him to be high. AI has suspended the pilot for knowingly trying to endanger lives of passengers by flying in an inebriated condition and sent his report to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for action, which is now likely to be suspension or cancellation of his flying licence.
07/07/12 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India

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