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Meanwhile, AI-111 departed at 4pm with another commander.Being the director (operations), Capt Kathpalia is in charge of ensuring safe and efficient flight operations. The matter pertained to the Delhi-Bengaluru flight AI-174 that Capt Kathpalia operated on January 19, 2017. The co-pilot was placed under arrest by the London metropolitan police under the British aviation law.Every year, about 20 flight crew fail the breathalyser test in India. Early this month, on November 1, Japan Airlines issued a public apology after one of its co-pilots failed the alcohol test minutes before operating a London-Tokyo flight. "At 1.29 pm, the AI medical service department in Delhi airport terminal 3 took the first breathalyser reading and it showed positive for blood alcohol," said a source..