106 passengers stranded in Germany due to drunken co-pilot

Shortly before the TAP Air Portugal flight was to takeoff to Lisbon last night, an airport employee noticed the co-pilot walking unsteadily and smelling of alcohol.

A Portuguese airline has apologised for keeping more than 100 passengers stranded at Stuttgart airport in southwestern Germany after one of its flights was canceled last-minute because of a drunken co-pilot.

Shortly before the TAP Air Portugal flight was to takeoff to Lisbon last night, an airport employee noticed the co-pilot walking unsteadily and smelling of alcohol. He notified airport authorities, which decided to keep the plane on the ground. It wasn’t immediately clear if the 40-year-old co-pilot was detained.