Air India pilot who failed breath test quits

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India’s director of operations, who failed two breathalyser tests before he was scheduled to be a pilot on a London to New Delhi flight on Sunday, has stepped down from his job and from the company’s board, an official at the airline said yesterday.

He was asked to resign by India’s civil aviation ministry, the official said.

The ministry’s directive comes only a day after India’s air safety watchdog suspended the license of the senior pilot, Arvind Kathpalia for three years. (Reuters)