Monday, April 28, 2008

Pilot finds out the hard way that the Atkins diet can affect the Breath Test

A Virgin Atlantic pilot was removed from a transatlantic flight after failing a breathalyser test. He has finally been cleard of this charge after it was discovered that his low-carbohydrate diet triggered a false reading. Subsequent blood tests on the pilot showed a blood-alcohol reading of just over a fifth of the limit set for [