Air transit pilots remanded in custody on drink-related charges
Two pilots have been remanded in custody after appearing in court accused of being drunk at the controls of a flight due to leave Glasgow Airport with 250 passengers on board.
Two Canadian pilots arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol as they prepared to fly a passenger jet from Scotland to Toronto have been remanded in custody after appearing in court.
The men were arrested on suspicion of being "impaired through alcohol'' before they were due to take off from Glasgow Airport at 1pm on Monday.
Jean-Francois Perreault, 39, and Imran Zafar Syed, 37, were charged under section 93 of the Railway and Transport Safety Act, which covers alcohol and drug limits in aviation, when they appeared in private from custody at Paisley Sheriff Court.
The Air Transat Airbus to Toronto, which carries up to 250 passengers, was delayed until Tuesday morning.