Phil_Stein
06-08-2005, 08:12 PM
Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050608/ts_nm/crime_pilots_dc;_ylt=AvL1HhsenlJv5QFzNloVu0pZ.3QA; _ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl)
"They were about five or six minutes away from flying," said Assistant State Attorney Hillah Katz, one of the prosecutors.
Police said Cloyd's blood-alcohol reading was 0.091 and Hughes' was 0.084 in tests given about three hours after they entered the cockpit. Florida law considers a vehicle operator drunk if his blood alcohol level is 0.08 or higher.
According to trial testimony, the pilots spent the evening before the flight playing pool and drinking at Mr. Moe's Cantina in Miami. They left the bar around 5 a.m. after running up a tab for 14 jumbo glasses of beer -- the equivalent of nearly 22 pints (10.5 liters) -- and showed up late for the 10:30 a.m. flight.
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"They were about five or six minutes away from flying," said Assistant State Attorney Hillah Katz, one of the prosecutors.
Police said Cloyd's blood-alcohol reading was 0.091 and Hughes' was 0.084 in tests given about three hours after they entered the cockpit. Florida law considers a vehicle operator drunk if his blood alcohol level is 0.08 or higher.
According to trial testimony, the pilots spent the evening before the flight playing pool and drinking at Mr. Moe's Cantina in Miami. They left the bar around 5 a.m. after running up a tab for 14 jumbo glasses of beer -- the equivalent of nearly 22 pints (10.5 liters) -- and showed up late for the 10:30 a.m. flight.
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