American Eagle (American Eagle) pilots were suspended after, the blood alcohol test failure, because he left for New York city last Friday Minneapolis, authorities said.
Police in Minneapolis - st. Sao Paulo international airport said, personnel and the transportation security administration agency smell alcohol, because they through the waiting for the elevator on the pilot. Pilots in flight before inspection, in about 6, the police on board the plane, the airport spokesman Patrick hogan said.
Let him accept breath test, and will he arrested suspected under the influence of alcohol, hogan said. The passenger is not on the fly to New York's laguardia airport, he said.
Hogan said, airport police will wait until processing blood test, and then decide whether to submit the pilot charges. The police find out, the pilot is years old Kolbjorn Jarle of KeLiSiDiAnSen. A few hours later, he was arrested, he was released into the air the employee of the company.
Federal regulations prohibit driver after drinking eight hours flight, if they have a blood alcohol content is 0.04 or higher version, half the level permitted to drive.
Hogan said, from the breath test preliminary results far beyond the legal limit, but he refused to disclose the results. He said, "more accurate" from the blood test results, they will be released.
The pilot has suspended, wait for a survey, said spokesman matt miller, American airlines American Eagle (American Eagle), it USES the operation more short connection flight. Two airlines have AMR company miller said the company is working with authorities cooperation, and would carry out internal investigation.
A woman who call KeLiSiDiAnSen name listed in north Carolina called inquires the number to the airline pilots association, his union. She said, 23 years, he has been one of the members of the alliance, but she declined further comment or identity.
Union officials did not immediately return to the news of the left.
Miller said, has been delayed flight, killing and passengers, about two and a half hours and displacement pilot arrangement. Arrived in New York, noon.
The pilot Fairview Southdal e hospital took blood samples, and then return to the airport police released before, hogan said.
The pilot faced with drug and alcohol testing, when they are looking for work, participate in accident or return to alcohol recovery. Some people choose to random testing. More than 10000 pilots, every year there are a dozen test fail alcohol part - a digital, mostly remain stable for more than 10 years, according to the federal bureau of statistics.
12 pilots not in 2011, ten breath test, according to the federal aviation administration in 2010, 2009, 11.
"The damaged driver on the highway chance would be much higher, but there is a small margin of error in the air," said James hall, former chairman of national transportation safety board.
Drinking the pilot got more attention, in the 1990 s, the notorious case, including a jury convicted of northwest airlines flight, under the influence of all pilots. The federal rules to tighten.
Hall said, most airlines and other transportation companies now have an effective scheme to identify and deal with staff and taking drugs or drinking problem. But, he says, like Friday's events which to check the agreement, including 0.04 standard test procedure.




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