Holidays - Change in destination...!!
Jun 27th 2008, 5:53 am
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Holidays - Change in destination...!!
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Plane soared past destination as pilots slept:
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 today.
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.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/20...472666279.html
or or ??Plane soared past destination as pilots slept:
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 today.
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.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/20...472666279.html
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Jun 27th 2008, 9:49 am
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Re: Holidays - Change in destination...!!
omg, that is awful...can you imagine...
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Jun 27th 2008, 10:12 am
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Re: Holidays - Change in destination...!!
Have heard Goa is nice!
Jun 27th 2008, 10:36 am
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Re: Holidays - Change in destination...!!
I did laugh at first, but when I read further that they're trying to hush it up, got me really mad. Any way I've never travelled on Air India and never will!
Jun 27th 2008, 1:03 pm
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why wasnt it on automatic pilot then?...doesnt it start beeping or something when you are getting near and have to fly it manually?
Jun 27th 2008, 1:26 pm
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Jun 30th 2008, 5:25 am
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Re: Holidays - Change in destination...!!
but Jaipur-Mumbai can't be more than an hour's flight, maybe 90 mins... I find it impossible to get a decent sleep for even 5 minutes on such a short flight, i wonder how both pilots managed to!
