Japanese pilot jailed in UK for being 9 times over drink limit

A Japanese pilot, who was arrested at London Heathrow as he prepared to fly an aircraft while more than 9 times over the aviation alcohol limit, was jailed for 10 months Thursday. First officer Katsutoshi Jitsukawa, 42, failed a breath test less than an hour after he was due to have taken off in the cockpit of a Japan Airlines flight to Tokyo in October, police said. He was arrested last month and had earlier pleaded guilty at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court in London to performing an aviation function with alcohol in his blood exceeding the prescribed legal limit. "Clearly, the consequences could potentially have been catastrophic had security staff and police not intervened and he had continued to perform his role on the aircraft in the state he was," said London's Aviation Policing. <br/>