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Drunk American Eagle Pilot

About a dozen pilots annually fail their Breathalyzer tests, and this year’s dozen will include an American Eagle pilot who boarded his flight at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and was arrested by airport police for failing a Breathalyzer test. It took two and a half hours to arrange for an alternative pilot to fly to New York. The affected pilot’s blood alcohol was measured at Fairview Southdale Hospital. The pilot was suspended.

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    What: LANCAIR IVP Fixed Wing Single-Engine Experimental class plane
    Where: AGUADILLA, PUERTO RICO
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    Planes Bump in the night at Miami International.

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    Update: CRJ Gear Foulup at JFK, Atlanta, Philadelphia, O’Hare, et al.

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