Pilot admits flying three times over the limit
A pilot has admitted flying a passenger jet from Majorca to Norwich while three times over the alcohol limit.
Ian Jennings, 47, from Gosport, had around 10 people on board the chartered aircraft when he made the flight last month.
He was arrested on arrival in Norwich after police were tipped off by a concerned member of the public.
He failed a breathalyser test and was found to have 31 microgrammes of alcohol per 100ml of breath. The limit for pilots is 9 microgrammes.
Yesterday Norwich Magistrates’ Court heard the pilot had an ‘unblemished character’ and with a career as a pilot of more than 20 years.
The offence carries a maximum sentence of two years in prison. Sentencing will take place at a crown court.
Jennings’s flying licence has already been suspended by the Civil Aviation Authority.
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