Pilot arrested 'for failing breath test' minutes before he was due to fly plane

Marching orders: Pilot Daniel Dufour was arrested for being over the alcohol limit just before take-off from Heathrow
A pilot was marched off his plane and arrested for being over the alcohol limit moments before he was set to take off from Heathrow Airport.
Security staff at Terminal 3 alerted police claiming they could smell alcohol on Daniel Dufour's breath.
The 45-year-old captain was then hauled out of the cockpit and arrested after failing a breath test.
Dufour had been due to fly 300 passengers on a nine-hour trip to Calgary from London on the Air Canada Flight AC851.
He had allegedly been drinking with colleagues the previous night, according to The Sun.
A police source told the newspaper: 'He was amazed to be still over the limit in the middle of the day.
'He was close to tears. At this stage he appears to have thrown away his distinguished career.'
A reserve captain was called in to fly the Airbus A330.
Dufour was taken to Heathrow police station where he gave a blood sample and was reportedly bailed for further inquiries.

Shock: Horrified crew and passengers looked on as Captain Dufour was led off an Air Canada plane
His arrest comes four months after Jet Airways pilot Michael Harr was arrested at Heathrow over fears he had drunk too much to fly. more