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Plane misses destination as both pilots fall asleep
2 AIR India pilots fell into deep slumber at a high altitude and missed their descent cues from air traffic control. -AFP
Fri, Jun 27, 2008
AFP
New Delhi, India: An AIR India flight headed for Mumbai overshot its destination and was halfway to Goa before its dozing pilots were woken out of a deep slumber by air traffic control, a report said.
The high altitude nap took place about two weeks ago, the Times of India newspaper reported yesterday.
Some 100 passengers were on board the state-run flight that originated from Dubai and flew to the western Indian city of Jaipur before heading south to Mumbai when both pilots fell asleep, a source told the paper.
2 AIR India pilots fell into deep slumber at a high altitude and missed their descent cues from air traffic control. -AFP
Fri, Jun 27, 2008
AFP
New Delhi, India: An AIR India flight headed for Mumbai overshot its destination and was halfway to Goa before its dozing pilots were woken out of a deep slumber by air traffic control, a report said.
The high altitude nap took place about two weeks ago, the Times of India newspaper reported yesterday.
Some 100 passengers were on board the state-run flight that originated from Dubai and flew to the western Indian city of Jaipur before heading south to Mumbai when both pilots fell asleep, a source told the paper.
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