The captain of the United Airlines plane got drunk before the flight and was arrested at the airport in Paris, reports the Daily Mail.
It is reported that the plane was supposed to fly from the French capital to Washington, but the flight was canceled due to the fact that the 63-year-old captain of the aircraft came to work drunk.
The fact that the pilot was not all right was noticed by security personnel. According to them, the man staggered, he had a glassy look and a characteristic “weaving tongue.”
The pilot claimed to have drunk a couple of glasses of wine the night before, but tests showed that the level of alcohol in his blood was almost three times the legal limit.
The captain of the ship was arrested right at the airport, and later he appeared before the court. The board was outraged that the pilot endangered the lives of 256 passengers by his act. He was given a six-month suspended sentence and suspended from flying for a full year.