Japanese Pilot Jailed in UK for Being 9 Times Over Drink Limit

Japanese Pilot Jailed in UK for Being 9 Times Over Drink Limit
An airport employee works under passenger planes of Japan Airlines at Tokyo's Haneda airport on July 31, 2018. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images
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LONDON—A Japanese pilot, who was arrested at London’s Heathrow airport as he prepared to fly an aircraft while more than nine times over the aviation alcohol limit, was jailed for 10 months on Nov. 29.

First officer Katsutoshi Jitsukawa, 42, failed a breath test less than an hour after he was due to have taken off in the cockpit of a Japan Airlines flight to Tokyo in October, police said.