A Northwest plane overshoots the airport by 150 miles and the pilots don't respond to air traffic controllers for a few hours. But they claim it was only a loss of "situational awareness." Neat!
Reported instances of two pilots falling asleep are rare. In August, the safety board concluded its investigation into a February 13, 2008, incident in which two pilots aboard a Go airlines flight fell asleep and traveled 26 miles beyond the destination of Hilo, Hawaii, before waking and contacting air traffic controllers.
via CNN.com
Happened in India last year and I was thinking - "Only in India". Apparently not!
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Posted by: Rahul Ganjoo | October 23, 2009 at 12:34 PM
I'm going to start using that as my default excuse for any personal or professional screwups. .
Posted by: Xris Ernest Hall | October 23, 2009 at 12:57 PM
yeah, but i used to fly NWA 2x per week back when they had to boozed up pilot scandals!
Posted by: randyk | October 23, 2009 at 06:40 PM
Interesting question... would you rather have your pilots drunk or asleep?
Posted by: Andrew Anker | October 23, 2009 at 06:50 PM