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A United Airlines pilot has been charged after being arrested at London's Heathrow Airport on suspicion of being drunk shortly before he was about to fly a transatlantic airliner, police said.
Erwin Washington, 51, from Lakewood, Colorado, was charged with
being aviation staff, performing an aviation function whilst
exceeding the proscribed alcohol limit, a London police spokesman
said.
Washington was arrested on Monday shortly before he was due to fly
a Boeing 767 with 124 passengers and 11 crew to Chicago.
United, a unit of UAL Corp, said he had been suspended pending a
full investigation.
"United's alcohol policy is among the strictest in the industry,
and we have no tolerance for violation of this well-established
policy," a spokeswoman said.
Washington is due to appear before magistrates in north London on
November 20.
