The Cellar - View Single Post - one for pilots (hey there's a few of us here!)

Undertoad · 03-05-2004, 12:23 AM

Its funny cos this story just showed up in today's local:

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?n...id=33380&rfi=6

Salamone, according to prosecutors, had a blood-alcohol content of 0.15 percent, nearly twice the current legal 0.08 percent limit to operate a motor vehicle in Pennsylvania when he was forced to land his plane at the Pottstown-Limerick Airport Jan. 15. In the criminal complaint, authorities also said Salamone had traces of Valium in his bloodstream.
Prosecutors said Salamone's plane came within 900 feet of a commercial airliner packed with passengers during the flight. Salamone's plane also came within a quarter-mile of the Limerick nuclear power plant as a Philadelphia police helicopter gave chase, prosecutors said.
Twice the plane came close to flying into the helicopter over a residential community in the air space above the Limerick airport, detectives said.

03-05-2004, 12:23 AM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Its funny cos this story just showed up in today's local: http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?n...id=33380&rfi=6 Salamone, according to prosecutors, had a blood-alcohol content of 0.15 percent, nearly twice the current legal 0.08 percent limit to operate a motor vehicle in Pennsylvania when he was forced to land his plane at the Pottstown-Limerick Airport Jan. 15. In the criminal complaint, authorities also said Salamone had traces of Valium in his bloodstream. Prosecutors said Salamone's plane came within 900 feet of a commercial airliner packed with passengers during the flight. Salamone's plane also came within a quarter-mile of the Limerick nuclear power plant as a Philadelphia police helicopter gave chase, prosecutors said. Twice the plane came close to flying into the helicopter over a residential community in the air space above the Limerick airport, detectives said.