ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES SUSPENDS PILOTS WHO FELL ASLEEP DURING FLIGHT

  • 20/08/2022

Ethiopian Airlines, the largest airline in Africa, announced that two of its pilots have been suspended after they allegedly dozed off and missed their landing on a flight from Khartoum to Addis Abeba.

According to flight-tracking website FlightAware, the aircraft Monday overshot the runway at Bole International Airport in the capital of Ethiopia before safely touching down. 

Independent website The Aviation Herald said the pilots fell asleep during the flight and were only woken up by an alarm triggered when autopilot mode disconnected. 

The plane circled back to land 25 minutes later, flight data showed.

Ethiopian Airlines said on Friday that flight ET343 had temporarily lost communication with air traffic control but landed safely after it was restored.

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