Two BA pilots suspended over drunken stopover brawl

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Two British airways pilots have been suspended following a drunken fight in a Rio bar during a stopover between flights.

The Sun reports that the captain and first officer hadn't been getting on after a difficult landing, but the situation escalated later at the hotel bar and punches were thrown.

One of the pilots was immediately suspended.

In a second incident, a pilot punched a colleague at a hotel bar in Hong Kong because he thought he heard a steward call a female flight attendant "a prostitute".

The woman involved later told the pilot that she had been joking with her colleague.

A BA spokesperson told The Sun that both pilots had been suspended and said: "Staff are encouraged to enjoy themselves and relax in rest times but pilots attacking each other and other stewards is a big no-no."

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