Air India pilots hit snooze button, overfly destination

It seems like just yesterday I was posting about a couple of GO! Airlines pilots who overshot their destination in Hawaii because they were sleeping in the cockpit, and now this. The Times of India is reporting that the pilots of an Air India flight fell asleep in flight and flew 359 miles past their destination of Mumbai. With 100 passengers behind them, the pilots were ultimately awakened by some nervous air traffic controllers over the radio. The flight originated from Dubai at 01:35 a.m. then stopped at Jaipur at 07:00 a.m. before continuing to Mumbai. An unidentified source told the Times "after operating an overnight flight, fatigue levels peak, and so the pilots dozed off after taking off from Jaipur." Of course, Air India officials are vehemently denying this report and claiming the flight only momentarily lost radio contact and only flew 14 miles off course. Well, they both can't be right here.

(Via Fox News)

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