A Southwest Airlines pilot was arrested at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport for allegedly driving under the influence just before takeoff. David Paul Allsop, 52, was taken into custody and charged with DUI. The incident caused a significant delay for Southwest Flight 3772, which was scheduled to depart for Chicago's Midway Airport.
A Southwest Airlines pilot was arrested on Wednesday at a Georgia airport just before takeoff and accused of driving under the influence, according to airline officials and authorities in Georgia. David Paul Allsop, 52, of Bedford, New Hampshire, faces a DUI charge following his arrest at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport , according to records from the Chatham County Sheriff's Office in Georgia. The records did not indicate the type of substance Allsop is accused of using.
CNN has reached out to law enforcement officials for more information. Allsop's bail was set at $3500 and he has bonded out of jail, sheriff's office records show. Allsop has not appeared in court, according to a spokesperson for the sheriff's office. An arraignment hearing will be scheduled at a later date, the spokesperson said. 'We're aware of a situation involving an employee on Flight 3772 Wednesday morning from Savannah,' a Southwest spokesperson told CNN in a statement on Thursday.'Customers were accommodated on other flights and we apologize for the disruption to their travel plans,' the statement said. READ MORE: Allsop has been 'removed from duty,' the spokesperson added. Federal regulations prohibit pilots from consuming alcohol within eight hours of flying or attempting to fly an aircraft, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The same rule applies if the pilot has a blood alcohol concentration of 0.04 or greater, FAA regulations say. In 2023, eight pilots were found to have a blood alcohol level of 0.04 or greater out of more than 17,600 pilots tested for alcohol consumption, according to the FAA. The arrested pilot is a captain based at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Maryland and has been with the company for 18 years, an airline source told CNN. Southwest Flight 3772 was scheduled to depart Savannah around 6am local time for Chicago's Midway Airport but was delayed by nearly five hours, according to FlightAware. Travelers were getting ready for takeoff when police boarded the aircraft, Southwest passenger Robert Newmerch told WTOC on Wednesday. The officer walked out of the plane but came back a few minutes later 'and the pilot left with him,' he added.'To see that and know that that's why I did not fly to Midway this morning, it definitely left a little odd feeling in my stomach,' Newmerch said
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