Pilots remanded in custody 'for being under influence of alcohol' at Glasgow Airport
8 years, 8 months ago

Pilots remanded in custody 'for being under influence of alcohol' at Glasgow Airport

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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Two Canadian pilots arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol as they prepared to fly a passenger jet have been remanded in custody after appearing in court. The Air Transat pilots were arrested for being “impaired through alcohol” before they were due to take off from Glasgow Airport at 1pm on Monday. Jean-Francois Perreault, 39, and Imran Zafar Syed, 37, were due fly an Air Transat Airbus, holding 345 passengers and nine crew from Scotland to Toronto, Canada. The two men were charged under section 93 of the Railway and Transport Safety Act, which covers alcohol and drug limits in aviation, when they appeared in private from custody at Paisley Sheriff Court.

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