Delta Pilot Accused of Being Drunk

A Delta pilot, apparently drunk was yanked off his jet as he prepared to fly from Amsterdam to Newark on Tuesday, officials said.

The Delta captain from Woodbury, N.J., blew a .023 percent blood alcohol level in a breath test, according to the National Police Corps in Amsterdam. That level is just above the legal limit in the Netherlands, which has some of the toughest drunk driving laws in Europe.

Delta issued a statement on its website and then posted via Twitter, saying Flight No. 35 was canceled “out of concern that a crew member appeared to be unfit for duty."