Southwest Airlines pilot arrested, allegedly intoxicated, at Georgia airport ahead of flight
Southwest Airlines confirmed the pilot had been removed from duty and apologized to customers whose travel plans were disrupted.
Police Board Southwest Airlines Plane At Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport To Arrest Pilot For DUI
A Southwest Airlines pilot was apprehended in Georgia this week, delaying a flight from Savannah/Hilton Head to Chicago Midway. The pilot was reportedly escorted from the plane shortly before it was due to fly on Wednesday morning.
Southwest pilot arrested on a DUI charge while making preparations in the cockpit
Authorities say an airline pilot who seemed to smell like alcohol was making pre-flight checks in the cockpit when police arrested him on a DUI charge.
Southwest Airlines Pilot Arrested, Charged with DUI Before Takeoff: Reports
A Southwest Airlines flight was delayed multiple hours this week after a pilot was reportedly arrested and charged with DUI before takeoff in Georgia.
Southwest Airlines pilot arrested just before takeoff and accused of DUI
A Southwest Airlines pilot suspected of being drunk was removed from the cockpit and arrested just before takeoff Wednesday at a Georgia airport, according to airline officials and authorities in the state.
Southwest Airlines pilot accused of DUI is arrested at Georgia airport before flight
A Southwest Airlines pilot was arrested at a Georgia airport and accused of DUI on Wednesday. A Transportation Security Administration officer smelled alcohol on the pilot and informed law enforcement officials, who arrested him at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, a source familiar with the situation told NBC News.
Southwest Airlines pilot from NH arrested for showing up to work drunk, police say
The pilot, a 52-year-old from Bedford who has been a licensed pilot since 2008, was arrested for driving under the influence (DUI) after he allegedly drunkenly reported to a flight assignment at the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport in Savannah, Georgia. Authorities said that the pilot reeked of alcohol when he showed up in the cockpit.
Southwest Airlines pilot arrested for DUI at Georgia airport
A Southwest Airlines flight bound for Chicago was delayed for multiple hours after a pilot was arrested and charged with DUI at an airport in Georgia, police said.
Southwest Airlines pilot was in cockpit when police arrested him for DUI
Passengers had boarded the Southwest Airlines flight from Savannah, Georgia, to Chicago on Wednesday when police took the pilot away in handcuffs. An incident report says police at the Savannah airport tracked down the 52-year-old pilot after someone reported he appeared to be under the influence during crew check-in.
Pilot arrested and charged with DUI just before takeoff
A pilot was arrested after being suspected of being drunk just before takeoff. Citing the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office, CNN International reported that Southwest Airlines pilot David Paul Allsop, 52,
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