MUMBAI: An Air India Jaipur-Mumbai flight flew well past its destination with both its pilots fatigued and fast asleep in the cockpit. When the pilots were finally woken up by anxious Mumbai air traffic controllers, the plane was about half way to Goa!
By: Grey Area - 27th June 2008 at 08:35
Interesting story.
Which, as is so often the case with the media, may not be quite what it seems. 😎
By: KabirT - 27th June 2008 at 07:17
Both the pilots of AI had the mandatory 24 hour rest before there flight apparently.
By: steve rowell - 27th June 2008 at 02:15
The same thing happened just recently in Hawaii
http://starbulletin.com/2008/02/24/news/story02.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-491661/The-pilot-pilot-fell-asleep-controls-overnight-flight.html
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June 26, 2008 at 4:49 pm