The pilot, about to depart Buffalo airport, had a blood-alcohol level more than four times the legal limit for pilots, an NFTA spokesperson said.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Police removed a JetBlue pilot from the cockpit of a plane about to depart Buffalo Niagara International Airport on Wednesday morning who had a blood-alcohol level more than four times the legal limit for pilots, a Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority spokesperson said.
James Clifton, 52, of Orlando, was passing through security when Transportation Security Administration agents noticed he may have been impaired, the NFTA spokesperson said. Clifton was taken into police custody. Federal authorities were notified and Clifton was released to JetBlue security.Derek Dombrowski, manager of corporate communications for JetBlue Airways, emailed a statement following the disclosure of the incident:
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