An American Airlines pilot was arrested on the tarmac as shocked passengers looked on after he failed a breathalyser test at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
Flight 736, scheduled to leave Detroit en route to Philadelphia, was immediately cancelled, according to ABC affiliate WXYZ.
A Transportation Security Agent was the first person to spot the pilot acting suspiciously, the station reported. Minutes before the flight was scheduled to take off, airport police were called.
Michael Conway, director of public affairs at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport, told ABC News that the pilot failed an initial field breathalyser. After being arrested, he underwent a second test, which he also failed.
Conway told ABC that the pilot's blood alcohol content was over the legal limit, but the precise measure was not released.