A Delta flight to New York was canceled shortly earlier than takeoff after a crew member was arrested

• A Delta flight was canceled after a crew member was arrested, a spokesperson confirmed to Insider.
• The Friday flight was scheduled to take passengers from Edinburgh, Scotland, to New York Metropolis.
• Prospects had been “reaccommodated” after the flight was canceled simply earlier than takeoff.

A Delta Airways flight from Edinburgh, Scotland, to New York Metropolis was canceled and passengers had been “reaccomodated” after native authorities arrested a crew member earlier than takeoff.

“Delta confirms that one in every of its crew was taken into custody [Friday] morning at EDI Airport,” a spokesperson stated in a press release to Insider. “Delta is aiding the authorities with their on-going enquiries.”

Whereas the spokesperson didn’t verify the crew member’s position, Mateusz Maszczynski, a flight attendant who publishes a weblog for airline employees, reported that the aircraft’s pilot was arrested and brought into custody.

—Mateusz Maszczynski (@yourownkanoo) June 17, 2023

In line with Maszczynski, the crew member was charged below the Railways and Transport Security Act of 2003, which partially imposed limits on alcohol consumption for crew members. 

The spokesperson declined to offer a purpose for the arrest, however wrote that “Delta’s alcohol coverage is among the many strictest within the trade and now we have no tolerance for violation.”

Per the RTSA, the authorized blood-alcohol restrict for airline crew members is 20 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood. The blood-alcohol restrict for driving a automobile in Scotland, alternatively, is 50 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood.

In line with Maszczynski, the utmost penalty for anybody discovered responsible of being “over the prescribed restrict” is a two-year jail sentence.