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Aircraft and security. Pakistan Airlines' drunk pilot arrested in England

Leeds, United Kingdom - The company will not provide legal assistance, and will find its employee if he is found guilty

The British police arrested a pilot of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) at Leeds-Bradford Airport, for being drunk before flying an aircraft. In an unrelated episode, also three stewards employed with PIA were arrested for the same reason in Manchester. 54-yo Pakistani Irfan Aziz was expected to pilot an Islamabad-bound airplane: today, Friday 20 September 2013, he will instead have to appear...

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Rome, Italy, 09/20/2013 15:23
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