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Pilots doze off during redeye flight
Old news making the rounds - March 2004
Full link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21595546/ Snip: DENVER - Two commercial pilots allegedly fell asleep on a flight between Baltimore and Denver, with one pilot waking up to "frantic" calls from air traffic controllers warning them they were approaching the airport at twice the speed allowed. The March 2004 event, which was discussed during a Congressional hearing Wednesday, was reported by the captain on the flight on NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System, which allows crew members to anonymously document incidents. |
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Pilots doze off during redeye flight
Duh_OZ writes:
Old news making the rounds - March 2004 Full link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21595546/ Snip: DENVER - Two commercial pilots allegedly fell asleep on a flight between Baltimore and Denver, with one pilot waking up to "frantic" calls from air traffic controllers warning them they were approaching the airport at twice the speed allowed. The March 2004 event, which was discussed during a Congressional hearing Wednesday, was reported by the captain on the flight on NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System, which allows crew members to anonymously document incidents. Not old news, because it hadn't previously been disclosed. Flying an airliner over long distances can be extremely boring, since it is actually flown entirely by computer. There are a few necessary tasks that pilots must perform, but not enough to keep a tired pilot from potentially nodding off from time to time. These pilots had worked several shifts in close succession and were no doubt exceptionally tired; it's not surprising that given a situation in which they have little to do but look out the window, they ended up drifting off. Some aircraft have vigilance safeguards built in, that sound an alarm to wake pilots if they don't touch or adjust any controls for a certain period. Apparently this aircraft did not, or they weren't asleep long enough for it to activate. |
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