A TSA officer at Buffalo Niagara International Airport noticed the pilot, 52-year-old James Clifton, was acting drunk and notified police.
BUFFALO, New York -- A pilot was removed from a JetBlue flight in Buffalo Wednesday after police say he blew more than four times the legal limit for alcohol.Authorities say a TSA officer at Buffalo Niagara International Airport noticed the pilot was acting drunk, and the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority removed him from cockpit and gave him a Breathalyzer before the plane departed for Florida.
According to the police report, the flight's other pilot told cops Clifton missed the crew bus to the airport and had to take an Uber. While passing through security, he caught the attention of an officer and a TSA agent. The police report also states Clifton was carrying a gun, licensed under a post-911 program that allows commercial pilots to arm themselves. Police confiscated the gun and three 17-round magazines.
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