Virgin pilot sentenced to 60 days

A Virgin Atlantic Airways pilot arrested on charges of being drunk before he was due to fly a 747 jet from Washington to London, has been sentenced to 60 days in prison after pleading guilty to a lesser charge.

A Virgin Atlantic Airways pilot arrested on charges of being drunk before he was due to fly a 747 jet from Washington to London, has been sentenced to 60 days in prison after pleading guilty to a lesser charge.

Richard Harwell, 55, was allowed to go free since all but three days of the sentence were suspended.

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