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BA Flight Attendant Pleads Guilty to Performing Aviation Duties While Impaired by Drugs

The guilty plea follows forensic tests confirming drug impairment.

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Overview

  • Haden Pentecost, 41, admitted the offense at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court on Friday.
  • Forensic blood tests presented in court detected methamphetamine and amphetamine in his system.
  • The May flight from California to London saw him fail pre-flight checks before colleagues found him naked and behaving erratically in a lavatory.
  • Crew monitored his condition during the transatlantic journey until paramedics took him to hospital after landing at Heathrow.
  • British Airways has dismissed him, and he was granted bail with sentencing to take place at Isleworth Crown Court at a later date.