Published 2 years ago

Ethiopian Airlines pilots suspended after 'falling asleep and missing landing'

Summary by Ground News

Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 734 was due to land at Addis Ababa in Ethiopia after a flight lasting around two hours. By the time it flew over its scheduled arrival location, it was still cruising at 37,000ft (11,000 meters) Air Traffic control attempted to get in touch with the jet several times and failed. Eventually, an alarm woke the pilots alerting them that they had missed the descent window.

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News18 India

Ethiopian Airlines suspends pilots who missed landing in Addis Ababa

Ethiopian Airlines has suspended both the pilots while the concerned crew has been removed from the operations until the investigation is over

2 years ago·India

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IOL

Here’s how two Ethiopian Airlines pilots fell asleep at 37,000 feet, missing the landing strip

2 years ago·South Africa

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Fortune

Ethiopian Airlines pilots suspended after 'falling asleep and missing landing'

The flight was still at 37,000ft when it reached its destination. Read More

2 years ago·New York, United States

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9News

Pilots suspended after 'falling asleep and missing landing'

Ethiopia Airlines have suspended two pilots who reportedly fell asleep during a flight and missed their lan...

2 years ago·Australia

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Ghanaian Times

Ethiopian Airlines pilots ‘overshoot runway after falling asleep’

Two pilots fell asleep at 37,000ft (11,000m), missing an airport runway before waking to safely land the plane, an aviation publication has said.Air traffic tried to contact them after they overshot the point of descent into Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa airport.The pilots eventually woke up and landed the plane on its second approach, the Aviation Herald said.The Ethiopian Airlines crew have been put on leave pending investigation, state-run news outl…

2 years ago·Accra, Ghana

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