Sri Lanka airline suspends drunk pilot in Frankfurt

Sri Lankan Airlines has suspended a captain who failed a breathalyser test just before he was due to fly 274 passengers and crew from Frankfurt to Colombo, the airline said Sunday. "Upon receiving the results (of the test) Sri Lankan Airlines took immediate steps to suspend the services of the said captain and took alternative measures to operate the flight to Colombo," the airline said. An airline source said Flight UL554 was held up at Frankfurt airport for more than 15 hours Friday as staff scrambled to find another captain for the Airbus A330. The crew raised the alarm after noticing that the captain was visibly drunk, the source said. The airline said an internal investigation was underway into the incident and it would cooperate with any probe by German authorities. <br/>