SAVANNAH, Ga. — Airport police in Georgia released body camera footage of a pilot's January arrest on a DUI charge as he was making pre-flight checks for a Southwest Airlines flight .

David Allsop, 52, was identified as the pilot arrested at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport in Savannah, Georgia, police say.

Allsop, whose criminal charges are still pending, was stopped by police after a TSA agent encouraged police to track down the pilot since he "smelled of alcohol and appeared intoxicated."

Police confronted Allsop while he was making final preparations in the plane packed with passengers heading from Savannah, Georgia to Chicago, Illinois.

The body camera footage shows Allsop interacting with police, telling them he had three beers "ten hours ago at least."

At first he

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