US EditionSleeping air controller forces Air Corsica flight to circle over Ajaccio
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The passengers on the Air Corsica flight that left on Monday night from Orly airport in Paris, and had to land at the airport Napoleon Bonaparte d’Ajaccio, in Corsica, were circling over the Mediterranean for almost twenty minutes without being able to land because the only air controller [...]
Plane Circled for an Hour Before Landing; Air Traffic Controller Had Fallen Asleep
No one wants to be stuck in a plane for any longer than they have to, but sometimes emergencies happen. Weather can prevent you from landing for a while. We were once diverted to a different airport because of a medical emergency, then went back in the air to land at our intended airport. Sometimes there are just too many planes so everyone has to wait their turn to land. But last week, a plane full of passengers on an Air Corsica Airbus A320 wa…
The plane is considered the safest means of transport in the world and air traffic control is a work that requires a high level of concentration. The responsibility of the controllers is enormous, since each decision can directly affect the safety of flights. These professionals operate in full screen cabins, where they monitor... The post Air Traffic Controller sleeps and the plane is traveling for 18 minutes over the Mediterranean appeared fir…
Sleeping air controller forces Air Corsica flight to circle over Ajaccio
A French passenger plane preparing to land in Ajaccio, Corsica, had to circle above the airport after the air traffic controller on duty fell asleep. While this is not the first time someone has nodded off at work, it was certainly one of the most unusual – and potentially dangerous – situations. The incident involved an Airbus A320neo operated by Air Corsica, carrying passengers, which had departed from Paris Orly at 10:46 p.m. with a delay of …
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