ATLANTA — A ground stop of flights to and from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has ended early.

A Southwest Airlines flight bound for Chicago was delayed for multiple hours after a pilot was arrested and charged with DUI at an airport in Georgia, police said.

A former Georgia prosecutor is heading to court as a criminal defendant, charged with interfering with police investigating the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

A Southwest Airlines pilot suspected of being drunk was removed from the cockpit and arrested just before takeoff Wednesday at a Georgia airport, according to airline officials and authorities in the state.

A Southwest Airlines pilot was apprehended in Georgia this week, delaying a flight from Savannah/Hilton Head to Chicago Midway. The pilot was reportedly escorted from the plane shortly before it was due to fly on Wednesday morning.

A New Hampshire pilot arrested Wednesday morning at a Georgia airport for driving under the influence was in the cockpit performing pre-flight checks when he was removed from the plane.

A Southwest Airlines pilot was removed from the cockpit ahead of Wednesday's flight from Savannah, Georgia, to Chicago's Midway Airport and was booked with driving under the influence (DUI), according to reports in American media on Thursday.

A Southwest Airlines pilot was arrested Wednesday at a Georgia airport just before takeoff and accused of driving under the influence, according to airline officials and authorities in Georgia. A passenger told CNN affiliate WTOC on Wednesday he saw police escort the pilot off the plane.

David Paul Allsop, 52, of Bedford, New Hampshire, faces a DUI charge following his arrest at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, according to records from the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia. Allsop has been a licensed pilot since 2008.

The pilot allegedly smelled of alcohol and was removed by airport police before he flew Southwest Flight 3772 to Chicago from Savannah, Georgia, a source told CBS News. Photos shared online show cops removing him from the cockpit of the plane. Further details of what led to his arrest have not been released.

Municipal airports across South Georgia could see improvements paused or canceled because of a lack of funding from federal and state officials.