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A pilot who was drunk in the cockpit has
been arrested shortly before take-off in
Canada.
Two hours after his arrest, the 37-year-
old man was found to have more than
three times the legal limit of alcohol in
his body.
His plane, part of the Sunwing budget
airline, later left Calgary for Cancun,
Mexico, with a different pilot. There
were more than 100 people on board.
The incident happened at 07:00 local time
(14:00 GMT) on Saturday.
Airline staff noticed the pilot behaving
strangely, and then he passed out. They
alerted the authorities and the man was
escorted from the cockpit.
He has now been charged with being in
charge of an aircraft while being
impaired.
Calgary police have named him as
Miroslav Gronych, 37, a Slovak national.
Police spokesman Paul Stacey said: "It
had all the potential for a disaster but
I'll tell you this much - the likelihood of
a pilot on a major airline like this
actually being able to take off when
they're impaired like that is pretty slim,
because there's a lot of checks and
balances.
"There's the other flight crew and
there's gate crew and they're all about
safety.
"So, I'm not surprised that he got caught
before (the plane) left the terminal."
But Mr Stacey said: "He won't be flying
anytime soon."
