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An Indonesian airliner is under investigation after two of its pilots fell asleep midflight for nearly 30 minutes while 159 passengers were on board.
An incident report from the country’s National Transportation Safety Committee found that Batik Air flight BTK6723 diverted from its path during a Jan. 25 flight after its two pilots dozed off for 28 minutes.
The midair nap came during a two-and-a-half-hour flight from the island of South East Sulawesi to the Indonesian capital of Jakarta.
The pilot, a 32-year-old Indonesian national, reportedly first took a one-hour nap after notifying his 28-year-old deputy co-pilot. When he woke up, he asked the co-pilot if he wanted to trade off, but the co-pilot turned down the offer, so the pilot went back to sleep.
When the pilot woke up again 28 minutes later, he discovered the co-pilot was sleeping also, and the plane had veered off-course.
The pilot managed to get the plane back on track and land safely in Jakarta with no harm to the passengers, the report states.
Both the pilot and the co-pilot have now been “temporarily suspended” and the incident is under investigation.
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— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) March 11, 2024
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