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Pilot and co-pilot fall asleep for 28 minutes during passenger flight to Indonesia

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In the incident, which occurred in January, the couple in the cabin slept a little while the plane deviated from its planned trajectory (File image)
  • Flight reportedly diverted while they were sleeping
  • The plane landed and no one was injured, but an investigation has been launched.

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A Batik Air plane in Indonesia deviated from its flight path after both the pilot and co-pilot fell asleep for almost half an hour.

In the incident, which occurred in January, the couple in the cabin got some sleep while the plane deviated from its planned trajectory, something that could have caused a fatal disaster for the 153 passengers on board.

It is vital that pilots keep an aircraft on the correct flight path, as it is carefully plotted by air traffic controllers to ensure that the aircraft does not cross the path of any other aircraft.

The plane was flying from southeast Sulawesi to the capital Jakarta.

It was reported that one of the pilots had not gotten enough rest the night before the flight.

About half an hour after the plane took off, the captain asked his second in command for permission to rest for a while and he said yes.

In the incident, which occurred in January, the couple in the cabin slept a little while the plane deviated from its planned trajectory (File image)

In the incident, which occurred in January, the couple in the cabin slept a little while the plane deviated from its planned trajectory (File image)

The co-pilot took control of the plane but then fell asleep.

A few minutes after the last transmission recorded by the co-pilot, the Jakarta area control center attempted to contact the aircraft.

He received no response.

Twenty-eight minutes after the last recorded transmission, the pilot woke up and realized that his co-pilot was asleep and that the aircraft was not on the correct flight path.

He immediately woke up his colleague, responded to calls from Jakarta and corrected the flight path, the report said.

The incident caused a series of navigation errors, but all 153 passengers and four flight attendants on the Airbus A320 were unharmed during the two-hour, 35-minute flight.

The Ministry of Transport “strongly reprimands” Batik Air over the incident, air transport director general Kristi Endah Murni said, calling on airlines to pay more attention to the rest time of their air crews.

“We will conduct an investigation and review of the operation of night flights in Indonesia related to fatigue risk management for Batik Air and all flight operators,” Kristi said in a statement.

Batik Air said in a statement Saturday that it “operates with an appropriate rest policy” and was “committed to implementing all safety recommendations.”

The plane landed safely after the incident, but an investigation has been launched into what happened.

The plane landed safely after the incident, but an investigation has been launched into what happened.

The plane landed safely after the incident, but an investigation has been launched into what happened.

The pilots involved in the January 25 incident were temporarily suspended, the statement added.

The plane landed safely after the incident.

Investigators did not identify the pilots, but said they were both Indonesian and aged 32 and 28.

Indonesia’s Transport Ministry said on Saturday it would open an investigation into the airline.

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