A Southwest Airlines pilot was removed from a plane at the airport in Savannah, Georgia, on Wednesday and charged with driving under the influence, according to authorities and jail records.

Mark Howell, a regional spokesperson for the Transportation Security Administration, said Thursday that one of its officers at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport contacted law enforcement after “encountering an individual in the crew screening lane who smelled of alcohol and appeared intoxicated.”

The pilot, David Paul Allsop, 52, was arrested by airport police, Chatham County Sheriff’s Office records show. He was later released on a $3,500 bond, said Brianna Jones, a sheriff’s office spokesperson. Allsop “was seated in the cockpit performing preflight checks” when police asked him to step out onto the jet bridge for questioning, the incident report said. Allsop, who police said smelled like alcohol and had bloodshot eyes, admitted to drinking a “few light beers” the night before, according to the incident report.

— The New York Times