UK airport arrest - Pilot charged :

A pilot has been charged after being arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of being drunk.

The United Airlines pilot was arrested on Monday after being reported to police by colleagues.

A source said the pilot was on board the Boeing 767 when he was told that police wanted to speak to him. He was then breath-tested once he was off the plane, out of view of the passengers.

He was released on bail and will appear at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court in Middlesex on November 20.