{"id":191654,"date":"2026-01-02T11:33:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T06:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=191654"},"modified":"2026-01-02T11:33:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T06:33:30","slug":"air-india-pilot-detained-in-vancouver-over-alcohol-smell-delhi-bound-flight-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/01\/02\/air-india-pilot-detained-in-vancouver-over-alcohol-smell-delhi-bound-flight-delayed.html","title":{"rendered":"Air India pilot detained in Vancouver over alcohol smell, Delhi-bound flight delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-191656\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/01\/Air-Ind.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"837\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/01\/Air-Ind.jpg 837w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/01\/Air-Ind-367x220.jpg 367w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/01\/Air-Ind-780x468.jpg 780w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/01\/Air-Ind-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vancouver: An Air India pilot was detained at Vancouver airport in Canada last week after authorities flagged concerns over his fitness to operate a flight, reportedly after he smelled of alcohol shortly before departure.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, the episode occurred on December 23, just days ahead of Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>According to Indian media, a staff member at an airport duty-free store alerted Canadian authorities after seeing the pilot consume alcohol or noticing the smell while he was purchasing it. The pilot was later subjected to a breathalyser test, which he reportedly failed, following which he was detained.<\/p>\n<p>In an official statement, Air India said the pilot was offloaded after Canadian authorities raised concerns about his fitness for duty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vancouver: An Air India pilot was detained at Vancouver airport in Canada last week after authorities flagged concerns over his fitness to operate a flight, reportedly after he smelled of alcohol shortly before departure. According to Kashmir Media Service, the episode occurred on December 23, just days ahead of Christmas. According to Indian media, a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":191656,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/01\/Air-Ind.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191654"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191658,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191654\/revisions\/191658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}