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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Gloria Oladipo

Drunk pilot removed from cockpit of JetBlue flight to Florida

An A320 Jet Blue plane with blue and light blue tail livery taxis at JFK airport in New York. A blue, orange and white striped tail from a Jet Blue plane is seen in the foreground.
The incident occurred on a plane that was scheduled to fly from Buffalo Niagara international airport to Fort Lauderdale. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters

A JetBlue pilot was removed from the cockpit of a flight and taken into custody in the US after having a blood-alcohol level more than four times the federal limit for pilots.

The pilot, a 52-year-old man from Orlando, Florida, was first removed from the cockpit after a Transportation Security Administration agent told authorities Clifton looked “impaired” while passing through security, reported the Buffalo News.

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