Flight canceled over copilot’s indiscretion  by Minoru Matsutani
Japan Airlines Corp. was forced to cancel a flight from Hawaii
to Narita airport last week because a copilot was detained by
police for urinating in a public place, the airline said Monday.
The 53-year-old copilot was scheduled to work a flight leaving
Honolulu at 12:35 p.m. Wednesday but did not show up at the
airport in time, so the company had another copilot, who was
scheduled to fly at 9:05 a.m. Thursday, replace him, JAL said.
The company found out Wednesday night that Hawaii police had
detained the copilot. He was not released until Thursday, and
JAL had to cancel the Thursday flight, affecting 297 passengers.
The police refused to inform the airline why the copilot had
been detained, saying they could only reveal the information to
family members. The copilot underwent a brief trial, was fined
$25 and released Thursday morning, JAL said.  The copilot told
JAL he had drunk half a bottle of wine and two small bottles of
beer at a restau