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| PIA pilot stopped from flying tests negative for alcohol |
| 2019-03-29 |
| [DAWN] A Pakistain International Airlines (PIA) pilot who was stopped from operating a flight at the Islamabad International Airport (IIA) last week on suspicions of being under the influence tested negative for alcohol at a private laboratory. The pilot failed a breath analyser test before PIA flight PKA-785 to Birmingham, which had 288 passengers including 11 children on board. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said in its report that Capt Pir Ommar Khayyam tested positive for alcohol during routine random snap checks for alcohol. The test was conducted by Dr Farhana Badar as IIA on March 21, 2019, at around 11:30am; the pilot’s blood alcohol concentration (BAC) was found to be 0.12 per mille. The test was repeated with a fresh mouthpiece after 15 minutes, and also came back positive but with a lower concentration ‐ 0.09 per mille. According to protocol, the pilot was off-loaded in the presence of Dr Nasir Zareen and Dr Naveed Iqbal Janjua from the CAA. The report said the pilot was accompanied by both doctors to a laboratory in Rawalpindi where he underwent testing for alcohol and other psychoactive substances two hours later. The captain was "fully conscious and extremely cooperative" the whole time. |
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