Two Pilot Fall Asleep On Flight At About 37,000ft, Wake Up To Land Successfully
Thompson Nsisongabasi
Aug 19, 2022
Two Ethiopian Airlines Pilots of passenger airplane-, Flight ET343 travelling from Khartoum to Addis Ababa on Monday August 15, -fell asleep mid-flight but were able to successfully land the plane after the autopilot alarm went off.
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According to Mail Online, the airplane during the time of the incident was at 37,000 ft.
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The pilots were meant to begin their descent to Addis Ababa Bole Airport.
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Aviation Herald reported that Air Traffic Control attempted to contact the pilots but were unsuccessful. Later, the crew awoke, after the aircraft's autopilot disconnected and sounded an alarm.
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The pilots managed to land the plane safely and it stayed on the runway for around two-and-a-half hours before it left for its next flight.
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Data confirms the incident, which shows that the aircraft had overflown the runway and managed to make another approach when the pilots awoke.
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Aviation analyst Alex Macheras wrote on Twitter: 'Deeply concerning incident at Africa's largest airline, Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 #ET343 was still at cruising altitude of 37,000ft by the time it reached destination Addis Ababa.
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'Why hadn't it started to descend for landing? Both pilots were asleep.
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He referred to 'pilot fatigue' which he described as 'nothing new' ".
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Fortunately no one was harmed.
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