JAL Cancels Int'l Flight due to Captain's Drinking

   Tokyo, April 27 (Jiji Press)--Japan Airlines has canceled a flight from Dallas to Tokyo after its captain got drunk at a hotel in the U.S. city and was warned by local police.
   The flight was scheduled to depart at 11:05 a.m. local time Wednesday with 157 passengers. Many of the ticket holders were transferred to an American Airlines flight.
   According to JAL, the 49-year-old male captain arrived in Dallas on Monday morning.
   He drank alcohol with other crew members at a restaurant from around 6 p.m. on the same day and continued drinking after returning to the hotel.
   The hotel warned him about the noise, and he stopped drinking. But it called police at around 2 a.m. Tuesday as he shouted.

(2024/04/27-14:21)