Overview

• The captain admitted drinking three 500-milliliter beers at his Honolulu hotel on Aug. 28 local time and was unfit to operate the scheduled international flight the next day.
• Three flights, including a Honolulu–Chubu service and two to Haneda, were delayed by up to more than 18 hours, affecting roughly 630–640 passengers.
• JAL said the pilot changed the date and time on an alcohol detector for around a dozen of roughly 60 self-tests, which the company views as attempted concealment.
• The pilot had been listed as a 'watchlist' case due to drinking tendencies, had received counseling, and had told the company he would abstain from alcohol.
• The transport ministry conducted a temporary on-site inspection under the Aviation Law as it examines whether JAL's recurrence-prevention measures, including a lodging drinking ban and watchlist oversight, are effective.