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November 30, 2018 09:46:30
A Japan Airlines pilot who flew nearly 10 times over the alcohol limit for a London-Tokyo flight was sentenced to 10 months in jail.
Katsutoshi Jitsukawa was arrested on October 28 after the driver of a bus from Heathrow Airport smelled of alcohol and informed the security services.
Tests revealed that the first 42-year-old officer had 189 milligrams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood in his system, nearly 10 times the 20 milligram limit set for a pilot.
The limit for motorists in Britain is 80 milligrams.
Judge Phillip Matthews said Jitsukawa put the pbadengers at risk and the consequences could have been "catastrophic".
In rendering the sentence at the Isleworth Court of Justice in London, the judge said: "The prospect of taking control of this plane is too appalling to be considered."
AP
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prisons and punishments,
law-crime-and-justice
criminality,
courts and trials,
alcohol,
United Kingdom,
Japan,
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