A boozed-up pilot's drunken antics in a Dallas hotel forced Japan Airlines to cancel a recent flight to Tokyo, according to a report.
The unidentified, 49-year-old aviator arrived in Dallas on April 22 and had dinner with his flight crew, Japan's the Mainichi newspaper said, citing JAL.
The crew members then reportedly partied in the lounge of the hotel where they were staying and later moved up to the pilot's room.
A hotel worker asked them to quiet down, but the pilot's obviously intoxicated speech and behavior prompted the hotel to call the police around 2 a.m. on April 23, the Mainichi said.
Cops responded, questioned the pilot, and warned him not to cause any more problems.
He was due to fly back to Tokyo's Haneda Airport on April 24, but JAL canceled the 11:05 a.m. flight because it needed to check out his mental and physical health and couldn't find anyone to replace him, the Mainichi said.
The pilot didn't violate JAL's prohibition against drinking within 12 hours of a flight, but he was barred from the cockpit as a precaution, the airline told USA Today.
The Mainichi said the company had to put 157 passengers on other flights.
"We are fully aware of the seriousness of this situation," JAL said in a statement to USA Today. "In order to prevent such an incident from happening again, we will thoroughly implement measures to prevent recurrence and work to restore trust in our airline.
