Ground worker charged with driving on airport tarmac while drunk

A police report says the driver for the company Servisair failed to yield to a jet backing out of a gate. A blood test then allegedly showed the driver with an alcohol content of .21, more than double the limit to drive.

Author:: BMTN Staff
Publish date:: Jul 23, 2012

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