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Nov 20, 2009 9:53 am US/Mountain

Pilot From Lakewood Doesn't Appear In London Court

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A United Airlines pilot from Lakewood accused of being drunk in the cockpit didn't attend a court his court hearing in England on Friday.

Erwin Washington, 51, was about to take off from London to Chicago on a Boeing 767 on Nov. 9 when he was arrested.

His first appearance hearing took place in London and he now faces a charge of "being aviation staff, performing an aviation function whilst exceeding the proscribed alcohol limit."

The court ruled Washington will have to attend his next hearing.

"He'll be back in January," his attorney Chris Humphreys said on Friday. "He's receiving medical treatment and will be back in this court in January and then they'll deal with him then."

Humphreys said Washington is back in the United States but he wouldn't say exactly where.

United has suspended Washington.

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