Indonesia narcotics chief blames pilots on drugs for crashes

Most of Indonesia's airline accidents have involved pilots who tested positive for drugs, including a Lion Air jet that slammed into the sea 4 years ago while trying to land on Bali, the chief of the national narcotics agency said. Budi Waseso made the comments Thursday at a ceremony on Bali to inaugurate traditional village security guards as anti-drug volunteers. The comments are another blow to the image of the country's airline industry after a video circulated online last month showing an apparently intoxicated pilot in the cockpit of a Citilink plane. News reports this week said 2 pilots of another airline, Susi Air, owned by the country's fisheries minister had recently tested positive for drugs. "Almost all air accidents in Indonesia, whether it was just a skid or whatever, the pilots are indicated to be positive for drugs," Waseso said. <br/>