(NEXSTAR) – A pilot flying for Southwest Airlines was terminated after failing a field sobriety test only moments before he was scheduled to take off from the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport earlier this year.

Footage of the incident, released by airport officials last week, shows the pilot being given a field sobriety test on the jetway. The video shows him being taken into custody by airport police after an officer told the pilot he detected “signs … consistent with DUI.”

“The Employee was removed from duty immediately after the alleged incident and no longer is employed by Southwest Airlines,” a spokesperson for Southwest wrote in a statement shared with Nexstar. “Nothing is more important to Southwest than the Safety of our Customers and Employees.

Even if a pilot suspect

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