Thursday 11 March 2010

Staff Taken Off Ukraine Plane After Drunken Revel

DONBASS, Ukraine -- Politicians and police authorities in Ukraine are investigating the airline industry after an incident on a main carrier.
During the week, police were ordered to prevent a plane from taking off with a drunken crew.

The pilots and cabin crew on the Ukrainian airline Donbassaero were found to be drunk at least ten times over the legal limit.

The inland flight was due to carry 86 passengers, including the Ukrainian deputy Attorney General Tatiana Kornikova, from Simferopol on the Crimean peninsula to Kiev.

Ms Kornikova ordered the investigation into air safety in Ukraine.

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