Dutch Police: Drunk NJ Pilot Pulled From Plane
AMSTERDAM (AP) -- Dutch police say they have arrested and fined an intoxicated American pilot who was preparing to take off with a passenger jet.
The National Police Corps has not identified the pilot or his airline, but says he is a 52-year-old captain from Woodbury, N.J. He does not fly for a Dutch airline, according to a police statement published Tuesday.
Police say they arrested the man in the cockpit of his plane after an anonymous tip. A breath test found he had a blood alcohol content of 0.023 percent _ a hair above the legal limit in the Netherlands.
The pilot was fined $900 and released, the statement said. The flight was canceled.
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