A drunken air hostess has admitted trying to board a Scandinavian Air flight at Heathrow Airport whilst more than 12 times over the alcohol limit.
Jessica Kostakopoulou, 43, stated she had not been drinking when she was stopped by security in Terminal 2 of the west London airport on March 22, leading to police being called.
The defendant, who had been working for Scandinavian Air since October last year, 'appeared unsteady on her feet and slurred her words' and smelled of alcohol during the incident, prosecutor Reem Khatib told Uxbridge Magistrates' Court.
Subsequent breathalyser tests showed she had 254 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood in her system. The legal limit is 20 milligrams, the court heard.
Kostakopoulou, of Claremont Road, Windsor, pleaded guilty to carrying out an activity, namely going through security, which was ancillary to an aviation function at the court on Tuesday.
