1 in 10 Samoa Airways Staff Test Positive for Drugs and Alcohol

10 percent of the tested staff returned positive results to tests, including a pilot found to be on sleeping pills.
1 in 10 Samoa Airways Staff Test Positive for Drugs and Alcohol
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Ten percent of the staff of Pacific carrier Samoa Airways have tested positive for drugs or alcohol, the airline has revealed. The business is wholly owned by the country’s government.

Recent drug testing conducted by the Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa returned positive results for illegal and prescriptive substances, including a pilot who was found to be on a prescription sleeping pill. He had been stood down, retested with a negative result, and will be allowed to fly.

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