LONDON: A Japan Airlines pilot was jailed for 10 months on Thursday (Nov 29) after being caught 10 times over the alcohol limit shortly before…
LONDON: A Japan Airlines pilot was jailed for 10 months on Thursday (Nov 29) after being caught 10 times over the alcohol limit shortly before take-off from London Heathrow Airport.
First officer Katsutoshi Jitsukawa, 42, was sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court in west London.
The Japanese co-pilot was arrested at Heathrow on Oct 28 after failing a breath test 50 minutes before the Japan Airlines flight JL44 to Tokyo was due to take off with him in the cockpit.
« You are an experienced pilot but you had clearly been drinking for a long period up to a time shortly before you were due to go into that plane, » said judge Philip Matthews.
