New Hampshire pilot arrested at Georgia airport for alleged DUI

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A Southwest Airways pilot was arrested shortly earlier than takeoff on Wednesday in Georgia after he allegedly confirmed as much as work intoxicated, police say.

New Hampshire resident David Allsop, 52, was arrested at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport at round 7 a.m. on Wednesday, based on the Chatham County Sheriff’s Workplace. He was charged with driving below the affect.

Allsop was apprehended simply earlier than Southwest Flight 3772, certain for Chicago, was about to depart Georgia. It departed shortly earlier than 11 a.m., almost 4 hours after it was scheduled to takeoff.

Southwest instructed Fox Information Digital that it was wanting into the incident and that Allsop, whose LinkedIn profile states that he’s a pilot, has been “faraway from obligation.”

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Split image of SOuthwest wing, drunk pilot

A Southwest Airways pilot was arrested after allegedly exhibiting as much as work drunk. (iStock | Chatham County Sheriff’s Workplace)

“We’re conscious of a scenario involving an Worker on Flight 3772 this morning from Savannah,” the airline mentioned. “The worker has been faraway from obligation.”

Southwest additionally famous that the flight’s passengers had been accommodated onto different flights whereas Flight 3772 remained grounded.

“Prospects had been accommodated on different flights, and we apologize for the disruption to their journey plans,” a spokesperson mentioned. “There’s nothing extra necessary to Southwest than the security of our staff and clients.”

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David Allsop was arrested on Wednesday morning, Georgia authorities say. (Chatham County Sheriff’s Workplace)

It’s uncommon, however not extraordinary, for a pilot to be arrested or apprehended for excessively consuming earlier than a flight. Final Could, Japan Airways grounded a flight from Dallas to Tokyo after it was found {that a} pilot drank excessively the night time earlier than.

Though the pilot didn’t violate the inner pointers towards consuming inside 12 hours of departure, Japan Airways canceled the flight with a purpose to “assess the captain’s bodily and psychological well-being.”