The flight was operated by Air Transat, a carrier based in Montreal. In 1990, a federal jury in Minneapolis convicted three former Northwest Airlines pilots of flying a jet under the influence of alcohol, in what appeared to be the first conviction for drunken flying by professional pilots. “Thankfully someone spotted pilots behaviour.”Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThey added: “Better to arrive late in this world than early in the next. “Counting blessings that @airtransat flight we were on did NOT take off yesty,” they wrote on Twitter from their joint account. One of the pilots in that case had consumed at least 15 rum and Diet Cokes, according to testimony and records presented at that trial.

Source: International New York Times July 19, 2016 12:57 UTC