Friday, June 27, 2008

Air India Sleeping Pilots

In Malaysia we have bus drivers sleeping while driving, and of this results in bus accidents. In India they have pilots sleeping on flights...

Sleeping' pilots fly past destination
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23927501-952,00.html

AN Air India flight headed for Mumbai overshot its destination and was halfway to Goa before its dozing pilots were woken from a deep slumber by air traffic control.
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The plane flew to Mumbai on autopilot, but when air traffic there tried to help the aircraft land, the plane ignored their instructions and carried on at full speed towards Goa.
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2 comments:

richrach said...

scarrrrry!!!

d'Lion said...

Another news today, a light plane crashed in Ipoh, within someone house compound.