Overview

• Haden Pentecost, 41, pleaded guilty at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court to performing an aviation function while impaired by drugs.
• The incident occurred on a San Francisco to London flight where he was discovered naked in a lavatory after failing pre-flight safety checks.
• He was removed from duty, the captain sought medical assistance, and crew monitored him every 20 minutes for the remainder of the flight.
• Paramedics met the aircraft at Heathrow and took him to hospital, where tests confirmed methamphetamine and amphetamine in his system.
• British Airways said he no longer works for the airline, and he was granted bail to be sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court at a later date.