A United Airlines pilot who failed a breath test shortly before he was due to take off has been charged with having too much alcohol in his system, British police said.
Erwin Vermont Washington, 51, is the third U.S. pilot in 13 months to be arrested for being over the strict alcohol limits imposed on airline staff.
Washington was arrested after officers were called to United Airlines Flight 949, which was already full of passengers and due to leave London's Heathrow Airport just after noon on Monday.
A spokeswoman for BAA Airports Ltd., Heathrow's operator, said late Tuesday the pilot had been reported to authorities by another member of United's staff. She spoke on condition of anonymity, saying it was company policy.
It was not immediately clear how much alcohol Washington was accused of having consumed. Under British law, pilots are forbidden from having any more than 20 micrograms of alcohol for each 100 milliliters of blood in their system, or .02 percent. For most average-sized men, that is the equivalent of having just had about half a glass of regular strength beer.
Scotland Yard said that Washington, who has been released on bail, would have to appear at a court in northwest London on Nov. 20. If convicted, he faces up to two years in prison, a fine, or both.
United Airlines, a subsidiary of Chicago-based UAL Corp., said the pilot had been removed from service pending an investigation.
Monday's incident echoes the arrest in May of an American Airlines pilot _ also at Heathrow and also scheduled to fly a plane to Chicago _ after he failed a breath test. In October 2008, another United Airlines pilot was arrested by police for being over the alcohol limit.
Union leaders say pilots are under increased scrutiny by security agents and passengers because of high-profile cases involving drunk pilots.
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Pilot Junajted erlajnsa koji je pao na testu daha neposredno pre nego što je trebalo da poleti optužen je za previše alkohola u organizmu, saopštila je britanska policija.
Ervin Vermont Vašington (51) je treći američki pilot u poslednjih 13 meseci koji je uhapšen zbog prekoračenja strogih ograničenja alkohola nametnutih osoblju avio-kompanije.
Vašington je uhapšen nakon što su službenici pozvani na let 949 Junajted erlajnsa, koji je već bio pun putnika i koji je trebalo da napusti londonski aerodrom Hitrou u ponedeljak nešto posle podneva.
Portparolka BAA Airports Ltd., operatera Hitrou, rekla je kasno u utorak da je pilot prijavio vlastima drugi član osoblja Junajteda. Ona je govorila pod uslovom da ostane anonimna, rekavši da je to politika kompanije.
Nije odmah bilo jasno koliko je alkohola Vašington optužen da je konzumirao. Prema britanskom zakonu, pilotima je zabranjeno da imaju više od 20 mikrograma alkohola na svakih 100 mililitara krvi u svom sistemu, ili 0,02 procenta. Za većinu muškaraca prosečne veličine, to je ekvivalent da su upravo popili oko pola čaše običnog piva.
Skotland Jard je rekao da će Vašington, koji je pušten uz kauciju, morati da se pojavi pred sudom u severozapadnom Londonu 20. novembra. Ako bude proglašen krivim, preti mu do dve godine zatvora, novčana kazna ili oboje.
Junajted erlajns, podružnica kompanije UAL sa sedištem u Čikagu, saopštila je da je pilot uklonjen iz službe do istrage.
Incident od ponedeljka podseća na hapšenje u maju pilota American Airlinesa _ takođe na Hitrou i takođe planiranog da leti avionom za Čikago _ nakon što nije prošao test daha. U oktobru 2008. policija je uhapsila još jednog pilota Junajted erlajnsa zbog prekoračenja dozvoljenog alkohola.
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- phibbie
- u Nov 12, 09, 03:53:41 AM
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The incident is just hair-rising!!!
But you know it's not the only! There are lots of other examples....
I have a friend, she works in an air company...she says that it's rather widespread! I wonder how it is possible?!? Pilots have tests before each flight!
So if everybody knows it! Why nobody does anything????Incident se diže za kosu!!!
Ali znaš da nije jedini! Ima još mnogo primera.... Imam drugaricu, radi u avio kompaniji...kaže da je to prilično rasprostranjeno! Pitam se kako je to moguće?!? Piloti imaju testove pre svakog leta!
Pa ako to svi znaju! Zašto niko ništa ne radi???? -
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- Lipstick
- u Nov 15, 09, 11:19:13 PM
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If we really only knew how unsafe it is to fly huh? None of us would ever fly again. Drunk pilots........broken down planes...near collisions!!
I live near O'hare airport and there has been many times planes could not land and had to circle and almost run out of fuel.
Some things i guess are just best not to know...........
LipsKad bismo samo znali koliko je nebezbedno leteti, ha? Niko od nas više nikada ne bi leteo. Pijani piloti........pokvareni avioni...blizu sudara!!
Živim u blizini aerodroma O'Hare i bilo je mnogo puta da avioni nisu mogli da slete i morali su da kruže i skoro su ostali bez goriva.
Neke stvari za koje pretpostavljam da je najbolje ne znati.........
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- phibbie
- u Nov 16, 09, 01:37:55 AM
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Some things i guess are just best not to know...........
Lips
Agree, lips!
Ordinary people, citizens can change nothing! In this case it's really better "not to know.....", not even to think about it! Just because we won't stop going by plane anyway! But why the authorities do nothing I wonder?!?!? I can understand that plane is just a machine and everything can happen during a flight...but to control pilots' state...they are sober, healthful, rested...Is it so difficult??
Neke stvari za koje pretpostavljam da je najbolje ne znati.........
Usne
Slažem se, usne! Obični ljudi, građani ne mogu ništa da promene! U ovom slučaju je zaista bolje "ne znati.....", ni ne razmišljati o tome! Samo zato što ionako nećemo prestati da idemo avionom! Ali zašto vlasti ništa ne rade pitam se?!?!? Mogu da razumem da je avion samo mašina i svašta može da se desi tokom leta...ali kontrolisati stanje pilota...oni su prisebni, zdravi, odmorni...Je li tako teško??
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