Drunk Pilot Fails Breathalyzer Before Flight To Philly: Police [Patch PM]

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Drunk American Airlines Pilot Fails Breathalyzer Before Flight To Philly: Police

An American Airlines flight to Philadelphia was cancelled Saturday because the co-pilot was allegedly drunk, a Detroit Metropolitan Airport spokesman said.

The pilot, James Francis MaGuire, 50, of Pennsylvania, was seated in the cockpit when he was removed from the aircraft around 6:30 a.m. Saturday moments before takeoff.

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