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Plane soars past destination as pilots doze :lol:

NEW DELHI: 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 approximately two weeks ago, the Times of India reported Thursday.

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. “After operating an overnight flight, fatigue levels peak - and so the pilots dozed off after taking off from Jaipur,” the source, who was not identified in the report, said. 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. “It was only after the aircraft reached Mumbai airspace that air traffic control realised it was not responding to any instructions and was carrying on its own course,” the source said. “The aircraft should have begun its descent about 160 kilometres from Mumbai, but here it was still at cruising altitude. We checked for hijack.”

Finally air traffic control buzzed the cockpit and woke up the pilots, who turned the plane around, the report said. When contacted by the newspaper, Air India said it was gathering information on the incident. afp

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan
 
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thank god they not say this were happen by ISI.may be ISI and HIZBUL MUJAHDEEN make auto polit.
 
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Now a days world is blaming taliban for every thing.
 
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:enjoy:may be its a fail plan of taliban for hijack indain plane same like 2001:lol:
 
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Air India always takes the cake.

Overpaid pilots with no sense of responsibility.

Any action taken?

I don't think there can be a conspiracy theory as in the accident that killed Zia ul Haq.

Hopefully, no trace of gas! ;)

Who knows, Air India may take a leaf from this conspiracy theory and do a similar cover up!
 
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