FAA Probes Drug Charge

The Federal Aviation Administration announced that it is investigating allegations made anonymously on a CBS newscast that pilots of the troubled commuter Provincetown-Boston Airline used drugs and alcohol in the cockpit. Airline officials also asked federal drug agents to investigate. Last Nov. 10, the FAA revoked the airline’s certificate of operation because of safety violations. In December, a Provincetown-Boston Bandeirante aircraft crashed outside Jacksonville, Fla., killing 13 persons. Last week, the airline announced that it is temporarily pulling out of 15 Southern markets. On Wednesday, the FAA said that it will ground a Provincetown-Boston pilot for carelessness that resulted in an emergency landing last month in Fort Myers, Fla.