Two pilolts are behind bars after being charged with being drunk in charge of a passenger jet with 248 passengers on board that was due to fly from Scotland to Canada.

Jean Francois Perrault, 39, the captain of the Air Transat plane, and the first officer, Imran Zafar Syed, 37, both from Ontario, were refused bail and remanded in custody after appearing at Paisley Sheriff Court.

The two men made no plea during the short private hearing and are expected to appear before the court again within eight days.

They were arrested at Glasgow Airport on Monday on suspicion of being "impaired through alcohol", apparently after staff report concerns about their behaviour. They were also accused of threatening or abusive behaviour during the incident.

The pair were charged under section 93 of the Railway and Transport Safety Act, which covers alcohol and drugs in aviation and imposes limits lower than Scotland's drink-drive levels.