Southwest pilot arrested for suspected DUI at Georgia airport

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to clarify the flight's destination airport as Chicago's Midway International.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — A Southwest flight in Savannah, Georgia, was delayed for five hours Wednesday morning due to a pilot being arrested and charged with DUI, authorities said.

Details were limited Wednesday afternoon but authorities confirmed the pilot, 52-year-old David Allsop, was removed from the aircraft at the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport and taken to the Chatham County jail.