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November 10, 2009 5:55 PM

United Airlines Pilot Grounded on Suspicion of Being Drunk Shortly Before Takeoff

Posted by Sammy Rose Saltzman
(AP)
NEW YORK - Yet another U.S. pilot has been found behaving badly, and this time authorities did something about it before the plane took off.

A United Airlines pilot was pulled from a plane and arrested shortly before takeoff after a co-worker suspected him of being drunk, police and airline officials said Tuesday.

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