A Southwest Airlines pilot was apprehended in Georgia this week, delaying a flight from Savannah/Hilton Head to Chicago Midway. The pilot was reportedly escorted from the plane shortly before it was due to fly on Wednesday morning.

The pilot at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport who was removed from the cockpit and charged with driving under the influence before a flight Wednesday morning admitted to drinking “light beers” the night before and reportedly refused to take a blood test that would determine alcohol content.

A close call is what passengers of Flight 3772 are calling the incident. “We felt it moving away, and then it just stopped,” said passenger Robert Newmerch. Newmerch says he was heading to his layover in Chicago from the Savannah Airport,

SAVANNAH, Ga. (7News) — A Southwest Airlines pilot was arrested in Savannah, Georgia for intoxication moments before a Wednesday morning flight to Chicago, airport police told ABC News.

Southwest Airlines confirmed the pilot had been removed from duty and apologized to customers whose travel plans were disrupted.

A Southwest Airlines pilot was arrested shortly before takeoff at a Georgia airport after he allegedly showed up to work intoxicated, police say.

David Paul Allsop, 52, of Bedford, N.H., was arrested around 7 a.m. on a charge of operating under the influence by the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport Police Department, according to a booking sheet provided by the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office.

The Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport did not immediately respond ... Flight 3772 from Savannah to Chicago arrived nearly five hours late, according to FlightAware.

was arrested at the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport on Wednesday morning. Flight tracker Flight Aware shows the flight bound for Chicago was delayed from 6:05 a.m. to 10:56 a.m. as the ...

The pilot at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport who was removed from the cockpit and charged with driving under the influence before a flight Wednesday morning admitted to drinking "light beer

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More than 100 flights were cancelled out of the Savannah Hilton Head International Airport over the course of three days. As runways resume operations, passengers hope to take off and get home.