Published 2 years ago

Pilots of Boeing 737 fall asleep, miss landing

Summary by Ground News

Both pilots on an Ethiopia Airlines passenger flight fell asleep mid-air and overshot the runway where they were supposed to be landing as air-traffic controllers desperately tried to wake them. Ethiopian Airlines flight ET343 was flying from Khartoum to Addis Ababa. Air Traffic Control tried to contact the plane's crew but the aircraft's autopilot system kept it cruising at 37,000ft. An alarm was triggered, waking up the crew, when the autopilot disconnected after the plane flew over the runway.

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Times of India

Two pilots fall asleep, flight misses landing in Addis Ababa

Rest of World News: ADDIS ABABA: Two pilots are believed to have fallen asleep and missed their landing during a flight from Sudan to Ethiopia, media reports said.

2 years ago·India

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BBC News

Ethiopian Airlines pilots 'overshoot runway after falling asleep'

The Ethiopian Airlines pilots dozed off at 37,000ft but woke to land the plane, an aviation journal says.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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News18 India

Two Pilots Fall Asleep While Flying at 37,000 Feet, Wake Up 25 Mins Later to Land Plane

Two pilots fell asleep while flying a flight from Sudan’s Khartoum to Ethiopia capital Addis Ababa. The Boeing 737-800 ET-343 was flying at 37,000 feet when the pilots fell asleep, according to Aviation Herald

2 years ago·India

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CTV News

Plane fails to descend as pilots reportedly fell asleep during flight

Two pilots are believed to have fallen asleep and missed their landing during a flight from Sudan to Ethiopia on Monday, according to a report by commercial aviation news site Aviation Herald.

2 years ago·Canada

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