His luggage was rejected at security and a search found two bottles of opened Jagermeister
A pilot who attempted to captain a transatlantic flight while more than twice the alcohol limit has been jailed for 10 months. Captain Lawrence Russell, 63, was stopped in Edinburgh Airport wearing his pilot's uniform and a Delta Airlines lanyard after an X-ray machine rejected his carry-on luggage as he went to board a Boeing 767 headed to New York on June 16.
An opened bottle of Jagermeister was spotted in his carry-on luggage, along with another which was half-full, prompting concerns. Russell admitted being the owner, and a sample of blood was taken which showed he had around 49 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.
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